diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f4b4d7fb..9c4efd22 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pbr>=1.6 # Apache-2.0
 enum34;python_version=='2.7' or python_version=='2.6' or python_version=='3.3' # BSD
 eventlet!=0.18.3,>=0.18.2 # MIT
 netaddr!=0.7.16,>=0.7.13 # BSD
-retrying!=1.3.0,>=1.2.3 # Apache-2.0
+tenacity>=3.1.1 # Apache-2.0
 six>=1.9.0 # MIT
 neutron-lib>=0.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=2.1.0 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/vmware_nsxlib/v3/utils.py b/vmware_nsxlib/v3/utils.py
index a55e48a6..e60c466d 100644
--- a/vmware_nsxlib/v3/utils.py
+++ b/vmware_nsxlib/v3/utils.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-import retrying
+import tenacity
 
 from neutron_lib import exceptions
 from oslo_log import log
@@ -63,12 +63,13 @@ def update_v3_tags(current_tags, tags_update):
     return tags
 
 
-def retry_upon_exception(exc, delay=500, max_delay=2000,
+def retry_upon_exception(exc, delay=0.5, max_delay=2,
                          max_attempts=DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS):
-    return retrying.retry(retry_on_exception=lambda e: isinstance(e, exc),
-                          wait_exponential_multiplier=delay,
-                          wait_exponential_max=max_delay,
-                          stop_max_attempt_number=max_attempts)
+    return tenacity.retry(reraise=True,
+                          retry=tenacity.retry_if_exception_type(exc),
+                          wait=tenacity.wait_exponential(
+                                multiplier=delay, max=max_delay),
+                          stop=tenacity.stop_after_attempt(max_attempts))
 
 
 def list_match(list1, list2):