diff --git a/driver-requirements.txt b/driver-requirements.txt
index 569b220739..108e92fc01 100644
--- a/driver-requirements.txt
+++ b/driver-requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 # These are available on pypi
 proliantutils>=2.1.1
-pyghmi
+pyghmi>=0.8.0
 pysnmp
 python-ironic-inspector-client
 python-scciclient>=0.2.0