diff --git a/requirements-py2.txt b/requirements-py2.txt
index e1420074b..4da07c816 100644
--- a/requirements-py2.txt
+++ b/requirements-py2.txt
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ futures>=2.1.6
 jsonschema>=2.0.0,<3.0.0
 
 # For common utilities
-oslo.utils>=1.1.0                       # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils>=1.2.0                       # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.0.0               # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/requirements-py3.txt b/requirements-py3.txt
index d827a17b4..d7f5d0eb1 100644
--- a/requirements-py3.txt
+++ b/requirements-py3.txt
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ stevedore>=1.1.0  # Apache-2.0
 jsonschema>=2.0.0,<3.0.0
 
 # For common utilities
-oslo.utils>=1.1.0                       # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils>=1.2.0                       # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.0.0               # Apache-2.0