diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f9e5113d..99eb5be7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ osc-lib>=1.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.log>=3.11.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.10.0 # 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-openstackclient>=3.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 requests>=2.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 six>=1.9.0 # MIT