diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index b0b4585913..9f63c31163 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ os-client-config>=1.28.0 # Apache-2.0
 os-testr>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testtools>=1.4.0 # MIT
-tempest>=16.1.0 # Apache-2.0
+tempest>=17.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 osprofiler>=1.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 bandit>=1.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 wrapt>=1.7.0 # BSD License