diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bc850d3b..ff6ceb46 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 
 fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 netaddr>=0.7.18 # BSD
-ovs>=2.7.0 # Apache-2.0
+ovs>=2.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 pbr!=2.1.0,>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 six>=1.10.0 # MIT