diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b277e9e5a..29e980ef5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ oslo.versionedobjects>=1.28.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.context>=2.19.2 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=3.33.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.db>=4.27.0 # Apache-2.0
-os-vif>=1.7.0 # Apache-2.0
+os-vif!=1.8.0,>=1.7.0 # Apache-2.0
 os-brick>=2.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 six>=1.10.0 # MIT
 WSME>=0.8.0 # MIT