diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a7087642920..d9d68f92827 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pyparsing>=2.4.7 # MIT
 python-barbicanclient>=5.0.1 # Apache-2.0
 python-glanceclient>=3.2.2 # Apache-2.0
 python-keystoneclient>=4.1.1 # Apache-2.0
-python-novaclient>=17.2.1 # Apache-2.0
+python-novaclient>=18.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-swiftclient>=3.10.1 # Apache-2.0
 pytz>=2020.1 # MIT
 requests>=2.25.1 # Apache-2.0