diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index ae2856685..dfd3c4b70 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ sphinx>=1.6.2 # BSD
 testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testtools>=1.4.0 # MIT
 testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
-tempest>=14.0.0 # Apache-2.0
+tempest>=16.1.0 # Apache-2.0