diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 194e7f122a..dfda094c89 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ keystoneauth1>=2.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 ironic-lib>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-swiftclient>=2.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 pytz>=2013.6 # MIT
-stevedore>=1.16.0 # Apache-2.0
+stevedore>=1.17.1 # Apache-2.0
 pysendfile>=2.0.0 # MIT
 oslo.concurrency>=3.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.config>=3.14.0 # Apache-2.0