diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 25e470c4a2a0..a91338a3c1a2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ python-neutronclient>=5.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-glanceclient>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 requests>=2.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 six>=1.9.0 # MIT
-stevedore>=1.16.0 # Apache-2.0
+stevedore>=1.17.1 # Apache-2.0
 setuptools!=24.0.0,>=16.0 # PSF/ZPL
 websockify>=0.8.0 # LGPLv3
 oslo.cache>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0