diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 64de1585..ed2d059e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ oslo.privsep>=2.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.rootwrap>=5.15.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.service>=1.40.2 # Apache-2.0
 ovs>=2.8.0 # Apache-2.0
-ovsdbapp>=2.3.0 # Apache-2.0
+ovsdbapp>=1.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 pyroute2>=0.6.6;sys_platform!='win32' # Apache-2.0 (+ dual licensed GPL2)
 stevedore>=1.20.0 # Apache-2.0
 tenacity>=6.0.0 # Apache-2.0