diff --git a/requirements-py3.txt b/requirements-py3.txt
index e07409566..f853d3cc9 100644
--- a/requirements-py3.txt
+++ b/requirements-py3.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 oslo.config>=1.4.0  # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.0.0               # Apache-2.0
-oslo.utils>=1.0.0                       # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils>=1.1.0                       # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=1.0.0  # Apache-2.0
 stevedore>=1.1.0  # Apache-2.0
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3f80258d7..fa19517f7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 pbr>=0.6,!=0.7,<1.0
 
 oslo.config>=1.4.0  # Apache-2.0
-oslo.utils>=1.0.0                       # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils>=1.1.0                       # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.0.0               # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=1.0.0  # Apache-2.0
 stevedore>=1.1.0  # Apache-2.0