diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 441df6942a..a3f99dc0c5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ httplib2>=0.7.5 # MIT
 lxml!=3.7.0,>=2.3 # BSD
 passlib>=1.7.0 # BSD
 python-heatclient>=1.6.1 # Apache-2.0
-python-novaclient>=7.1.0 # Apache-2.0
+python-novaclient>=9.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-cinderclient>=2.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-keystoneclient>=3.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-swiftclient>=3.2.0 # Apache-2.0