diff --git a/doc/source/admin/drivers/idrac.rst b/doc/source/admin/drivers/idrac.rst
index bce1541bb1..0ce66e9108 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/drivers/idrac.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/drivers/idrac.rst
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Enabling
 The ``idrac`` hardware type requires the ``python-dracclient`` library to be
 installed, for example::
 
-    sudo pip install 'python-dracclient>=1.3.0'
+    sudo pip install 'python-dracclient>=1.5.0'
 
 To enable the ``idrac`` hardware type, add the following to your
 ``/etc/ironic/ironic.conf``:
diff --git a/driver-requirements.txt b/driver-requirements.txt
index eabafe748e..6b47657459 100644
--- a/driver-requirements.txt
+++ b/driver-requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pysnmp>=4.3.0,<5.0.0
 python-ironic-inspector-client>=1.5.0
 python-scciclient>=0.8.0
 UcsSdk==0.8.2.2;python_version<'3'
-python-dracclient>=1.3.0
+python-dracclient>=1.5.0
 python-xclarityclient>=0.1.6
 
 # The CIMC drivers use the Cisco IMC SDK version 0.7.2 or greater
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/idrac-advance-python-dracclient-version-01c6ef671670ffb3.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/idrac-advance-python-dracclient-version-01c6ef671670ffb3.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62f1f1d624
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/idrac-advance-python-dracclient-version-01c6ef671670ffb3.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Advances required ``python-dracclient`` version to 1.5.0 and later. That
+    version is required by the fix to the ``idrac`` hardware type's
+    `bug 2004340 <https://storyboard.openstack.org/#!/story/2004340>`_.