diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index c87f4a3c1..a536af1c8 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 osprofiler>=1.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 os-testr>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 PyMySQL>=0.7.6 # MIT License
-tempest>=16.1.0 # Apache-2.0
+tempest>=17.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testresources>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD