diff --git a/global-requirements.txt b/global-requirements.txt
index 33edd1e46c..ce310b7def 100644
--- a/global-requirements.txt
+++ b/global-requirements.txt
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ microversion-parse>=0.1.2  # Apache-2.0
 mistral-lib>=0.3.0  # Apache-2.0
 mistral-extra>=5.2.0  # Apache-2.0
 mitmproxy>=1.0.2;python_version>'3.0'  # MIT
-monasca-common>=1.4.0  # Apache-2.0
+monasca-common>=2.7.0  # Apache-2.0
 monasca-statsd>=1.1.0  # Apache-2.0
 monotonic>=0.6  # Apache-2.0
 msgpack>=0.4.0  # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index b88d8cfa53..6a3cb86fc8 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ suds-jurko===0.6
 python-swiftclient===3.2.0
 pyOpenSSL===16.2.0
 validictory===1.1.1
-monasca-common===1.4.0
+monasca-common===2.7.0
 hyperframe===4.0.2
 cssutils===1.0.2
 scipy===0.17.1