diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 280d88b7580..c811968a8d7 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ oslo.versionedobjects==1.35.1
 oslotest==3.2.0
 osprofiler==2.3.0
 ovs==2.10.0
-ovsdbapp==1.7.0
+ovsdbapp==1.10.0
 packaging==20.4
 Paste==2.0.2
 PasteDeploy==1.5.0
diff --git a/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/ovsdb/impl_idl_ovn.py b/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/ovsdb/impl_idl_ovn.py
index 1f2f8166ec3..1e7a7f7cbdd 100644
--- a/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/ovsdb/impl_idl_ovn.py
+++ b/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/mech_driver/ovsdb/impl_idl_ovn.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ from neutron.services.portforwarding import constants as pf_const
 
 
 LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
+DEFAULT_LOOKUP_TIMEOUT = 2
 
 
 # Override wait_for_change to not use a timeout so we always try to reconnect
@@ -150,6 +151,11 @@ class Backend(ovs_idl.Backend):
                    % {'match': match, 'column': column, 'table': table})
             raise RuntimeError(msg)
 
+    def lookup(self, table, record, default=ovs_idl._NO_DEFAULT,
+               timeout=DEFAULT_LOOKUP_TIMEOUT, notify_handler=None):
+        return super().lookup(table, record, default=default, timeout=timeout,
+                              notify_handler=notify_handler)
+
 
 class OvsdbConnectionUnavailable(n_exc.ServiceUnavailable):
     message = _("OVS database connection to %(db_schema)s failed with error: "
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ceddb370d01..94586c3af2e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ oslo.versionedobjects>=1.35.1 # Apache-2.0
 osprofiler>=2.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 os-ken >= 0.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 ovs>=2.10.0 # Apache-2.0
-ovsdbapp>=1.7.0 # Apache-2.0
+ovsdbapp>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 packaging>=20.4  # Apache-2.0
 psutil>=5.3.0 # BSD
 pyroute2>=0.5.13;sys_platform!='win32' # Apache-2.0 (+ dual licensed GPL2)