diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 4514a4666..c86626459 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ osprofiler>=1.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testtools>=1.4.0 # MIT
-tempest>=14.0.0 # Apache-2.0
+tempest>=16.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 
 # releasenotes
 reno!=2.3.1,>=1.8.0 # Apache-2.0