diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5752df58e2..85ecb0ee1f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ six>=1.9.0
 stevedore>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.config>=1.11.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.context>=0.2.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.db>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.db>=1.12.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.log>=1.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.messaging!=1.12.0,>=1.8.0 # Apache-2.0