diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 29d82f08768..cfed81145e3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ oslo.reports>=0.6.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.rootwrap>=5.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.service>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.utils>=3.17.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils>=3.18.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.versionedobjects>=1.13.0 # Apache-2.0
 osprofiler>=1.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 ovs>=2.6.1 # Apache-2.0