diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 088a4447..8cf8253a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ osc-lib>=1.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=2.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=3.18.0 # Apache-2.0
-python-heatclient>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
+python-heatclient>=1.6.1 # Apache-2.0
 PyYAML>=3.10.0 # MIT
 requests>=2.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 six>=1.9.0 # MIT