diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index b7a04c4d00..8b15c292e0 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ aodhclient>=0.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-barbicanclient>=4.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-congressclient<2000,>=1.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-designateclient>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
-python-heatclient>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
+python-heatclient!=1.6.0,>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-ironicclient>=1.6.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-ironic-inspector-client>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-mistralclient>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0