diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 6608e778e77..c1e002de288 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ PyMySQL==0.7.6
 pyOpenSSL==17.1.0
 pyparsing==2.1.0
 pyperclip==1.5.27
-pyroute2==0.5.7
+pyroute2==0.5.13
 python-dateutil==2.5.3
 python-designateclient==2.7.0
 python-editor==1.0.3
diff --git a/neutron/privileged/agent/linux/ip_lib.py b/neutron/privileged/agent/linux/ip_lib.py
index 5e62385d9e6..a9fcaa20204 100644
--- a/neutron/privileged/agent/linux/ip_lib.py
+++ b/neutron/privileged/agent/linux/ip_lib.py
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ def get_iproute(namespace):
     # `NetNS` -- RTNL API to another network namespace
     if namespace:
         # do not try and create the namespace
-        return pyroute2.NetNS(namespace, flags=0)
+        return pyroute2.NetNS(namespace, flags=0, libc=priv_linux.get_cdll())
     else:
         return pyroute2.IPRoute()
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a4faf2c917a..8f5fb0433ea 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ os-ken >= 0.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 ovs>=2.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 ovsdbapp>=1.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 psutil>=3.2.2 # BSD
-pyroute2>=0.5.7;sys_platform!='win32' # Apache-2.0 (+ dual licensed GPL2)
+pyroute2>=0.5.13;sys_platform!='win32' # Apache-2.0 (+ dual licensed GPL2)
 pyOpenSSL>=17.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 
 python-novaclient>=9.1.0 # Apache-2.0