diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/update-min-sdk-version-be01a16f36ccf92f.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/update-min-sdk-version-be01a16f36ccf92f.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d3d9e3d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/update-min-sdk-version-be01a16f36ccf92f.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Bump minimum version of openstacksdk library to 0.17.2 to correct an
+    issue causing a crash in OpenStack provider communication threads.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ef8aa0aa6..a7d9df43f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ extras
 statsd>=3.0
 sqlalchemy>=0.8.2,<1.1.0
 PrettyTable>=0.6,<0.8
-openstacksdk>=0.16.0
+openstacksdk>=0.17.2
 diskimage-builder>=2.0.0
 voluptuous
 kazoo