diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index cfe73db..4b0b51a 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ oslotest>=1.2.0  # Apache-2.0
 mock>=1.0
 
 # rootwrap daemon's client should be verified to run in eventlet
-eventlet>=0.15.2
+eventlet>=0.16.1