diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b8060b064e..de26d83a9e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ oslo.middleware>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.reports>=0.6.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.rootwrap>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.service>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.utils>=3.15.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils>=3.16.0 # Apache-2.0
 PyMySQL>=0.6.2 # MIT License
 python-barbicanclient>=4.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-glanceclient>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0