diff --git a/tempest/manager.py b/tempest/manager.py
index b960edb..ea012b8 100644
--- a/tempest/manager.py
+++ b/tempest/manager.py
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@
         # Create our default Nova client to use in testing
         self.client = novaclient.client.Client(self.NOVACLIENT_VERSION,
                         *client_args,
-                        service_type=self.config.compute.catalog_type)
+                        service_type=self.config.compute.catalog_type,
+                        no_cache=True)
 
 
 class GlanceDefaultClientManager(DefaultClientManager):