diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d8738f0..abc0bce 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 cliff!=2.9.0,>=2.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 jsonschema>=3.2.0 # MIT
 testtools>=2.2.0 # MIT
-paramiko>=2.0.0 # LGPLv2.1+
+paramiko>=2.7.0 # LGPLv2.1+
 netaddr>=0.7.18 # BSD
 oslo.concurrency>=3.26.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.config>=5.2.0 # Apache-2.0