diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bf10dd607..ad05aa8a7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ oslo.middleware>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.rootwrap>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=3.15.0 # Apache-2.0
 six>=1.9.0 # MIT
-stevedore>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
+stevedore>=1.16.0 # Apache-2.0
 SQLAlchemy<1.1.0,>=1.0.10 # MIT