diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 7c11cee0..0cb5aee8 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ osprofiler>=1.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 os-testr>=0.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-subunit>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 sphinx>=1.6.2 # BSD
-tempest>=14.0.0 # Apache-2.0
+tempest>=16.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 testresources>=0.2.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD