diff --git a/gate/test_evacuate.sh b/gate/test_evacuate.sh
index 3b51125ac9e9..c8e305ed593b 100755
--- a/gate/test_evacuate.sh
+++ b/gate/test_evacuate.sh
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function evacuate_and_wait_for_error() {
 
     echo "Forcing evacuate of ${server} to local host"
     # TODO(mriedem): Use OSC when it supports evacuate.
-    nova evacuate --force ${server} ${local_hostname}
+    nova --os-compute-api-version "2.67" evacuate --force ${server} ${local_hostname}
     # Wait for the instance to go into ERROR state from the failed evacuate.
     count=0
     status=$(openstack server show ${server} -f value -c status)