diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 878370c48..051a6d442 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Despite above warning added by global sync process, please use
 # ascii betical order.
 
-cliff!=1.16.0,>=1.15.0 # Apache-2.0
+cliff!=1.16.0,!=1.17.0,>=1.15.0 # Apache-2.0
 coverage>=3.6 # Apache-2.0
 discover # BSD
 doc8 # Apache-2.0