diff --git a/global-requirements.txt b/global-requirements.txt
index 2c4b8b7521..1a32be2f71 100644
--- a/global-requirements.txt
+++ b/global-requirements.txt
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ sysv-ipc>=0.6.8  # BSD License
 suds-jurko>=0.6  # LGPLv3+
 sympy>=0.7.6  # BSD
 taskflow>=2.7.0  # Apache-2.0
-tempest>=16.1.0  # Apache-2.0
+tempest>=17.1.0  # Apache-2.0
 tempest-lib>=1.0.0  # Apache-2.0
 tooz>=1.58.0  # Apache-2.0
 tosca-parser>=0.8.1  # Apache-2.0