diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d7200dc00c..58ee19970d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ oslo.i18n>=2.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.log>=1.14.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.service>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.utils>=3.15.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils>=3.16.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.vmware>=2.11.0 # Apache-2.0
 PrettyTable<0.8,>=0.7 # BSD
 tooz>=1.28.0 # Apache-2.0