diff --git a/requirements-py3.txt b/requirements-py3.txt
index 4e64428..6f20634 100644
--- a/requirements-py3.txt
+++ b/requirements-py3.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ iso8601>=0.1.9
 six>=1.7.0
 
 oslo.i18n>=1.0.0  # Apache-2.0
-oslo.utils>=1.1.0                       # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils>=1.2.0                       # Apache-2.0
 Babel>=1.3
 
 # for the routing notifier
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 21baf78..17eff66 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ iso8601>=0.1.9
 six>=1.7.0
 
 oslo.i18n>=1.0.0  # Apache-2.0
-oslo.utils>=1.1.0                       # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils>=1.2.0                       # Apache-2.0
 Babel>=1.3
 
 # for the routing notifier