diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 21f14cc..f25caec 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 oslo.log>=3.36.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization!=2.19.1,>=2.18.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=3.33.0 # Apache-2.0
+packaging>=20.4  # Apache-2.0
 paramiko>=2.0.0 # LGPLv2.1+
 tempest>=29.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 tenacity>=3.2.1 # Apache-2.0