diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 25af69a9ec..eb8365e421 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ stevedore==1.20.0
 tenacity==5.0.2
 testtools==2.2.0
 tooz==1.58.0
-vmware-nsxlib==15.0.1
+vmware-nsxlib==17.0.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2ec6e2bdb5..ac8e0d1ebe 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ networking-sfc>=10.0.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 neutron-fwaas>=16.0.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 neutron-vpnaas>=17.0.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 neutron-dynamic-routing>=16.0.0.0 # Apache-2.0
-vmware-nsxlib>=16.0.0 # Apache-2.0
+vmware-nsxlib>=17.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 # NOTE: we require octavia but can't depend on it
 # octavia>=7.0.0.0 # Apache-2.0