diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a33e9aada..2fcc7ff3b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ keystoneauth1>=2.14.0 # Apache-2.0
 openstacksdk>=0.9.7 # Apache-2.0
 osc-lib>=1.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=2.1.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.utils>=3.17.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils>=3.18.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-glanceclient>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-keystoneclient>=3.6.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-novaclient!=2.33.0,>=2.29.0 # Apache-2.0