diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index ef14c2d50448..bfa80d96be5c 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ osprofiler>=1.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 testresources>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testtools>=2.2.0 # MIT
-bandit>=1.1.0 # Apache-2.0
+bandit>=1.1.0,<=1.6.2 # Apache-2.0
 openstackdocstheme>=1.18.1 # Apache-2.0
 gabbi>=1.35.0 # Apache-2.0