diff --git a/puppet/services/opendaylight-api.yaml b/puppet/services/opendaylight-api.yaml
index 71536ff398..1feb62b207 100644
--- a/puppet/services/opendaylight-api.yaml
+++ b/puppet/services/opendaylight-api.yaml
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ outputs:
                   - 6640
                   - 6653
                   - 2550
+                  - 8185
         opendaylight::snat_mechanism: {get_param: OpenDaylightSNATMechanism}
       step_config: |
         include tripleo::profile::base::neutron::opendaylight
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fix-odl-websocket-firewall-9e2f78ebaa39313f.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fix-odl-websocket-firewall-9e2f78ebaa39313f.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63919dadc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fix-odl-websocket-firewall-9e2f78ebaa39313f.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixes bug where neutron port status was not updated with OpenDaylight
+    deployments due to firewall blocking the websocket port used to send the
+    update (port 8185).