diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e6c7e7741..2d23543c3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ amqp>=1.4.0
 kombu>=3.0.7
 
 # middleware
-oslo.middleware>=2.9.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.middleware>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 
 # needed by the aioeventlet executor
 aioeventlet>=0.4