diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fc4bcea7e9..099b50bf16 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ netaddr!=0.7.16,>=0.7.13 # BSD
 retrying!=1.3.0,>=1.2.3 # Apache-2.0
 SQLAlchemy<1.1.0,>=1.0.10 # MIT
 six>=1.9.0 # MIT
-stevedore>=1.16.0 # Apache-2.0
+stevedore>=1.17.1 # Apache-2.0
 neutron-lib>=0.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.concurrency>=3.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.config>=3.14.0 # Apache-2.0