diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_multi_backend.py b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_multi_backend.py
index c3e904a..4a46adc 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_multi_backend.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_multi_backend.py
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 
 import six
 from tempest.api.volume import base
-from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.common import waiters
 from tempest import config
+from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.lib import decorators
 
 CONF = config.CONF
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_qos.py b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_qos.py
index e1cfb30..7a91985 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_qos.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_qos.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 from tempest.api.volume import base
-from tempest.common.utils import data_utils as utils
 from tempest.common import waiters
+from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils as utils
 from tempest.lib import decorators
 
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_quotas.py b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_quotas.py
index 83fca45..3fd9b01 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_quotas.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_quotas.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 from tempest.api.volume import base
-from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.common import waiters
+from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.lib import decorators
 
 QUOTA_KEYS = ['gigabytes', 'snapshots', 'volumes', 'backups']
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_types.py b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_types.py
index 5d08416..6e56be9 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_types.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_types.py
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 from tempest.api.volume import base
-from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.common import waiters
 from tempest import config
+from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.lib import decorators
 
 CONF = config.CONF
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_types_extra_specs_negative.py b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_types_extra_specs_negative.py
index 5f590bc..d491f23 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_types_extra_specs_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_types_extra_specs_negative.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 from tempest.api.volume import base
-from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
+from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.lib import decorators
 from tempest.lib import exceptions as lib_exc
 from tempest import test
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volumes_backup.py b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volumes_backup.py
index 13b7384..b771d8a 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volumes_backup.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volumes_backup.py
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils as json
 
 from tempest.api.volume import base
-from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.common import waiters
 from tempest import config
+from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.lib import decorators
 
 CONF = config.CONF
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/admin/v3/test_user_messages.py b/tempest/api/volume/admin/v3/test_user_messages.py
index ed85d4d..991397a 100755
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/v3/test_user_messages.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/v3/test_user_messages.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 from tempest.api.volume.v3 import base
-from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest import config
+from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.lib import decorators
 
 CONF = config.CONF
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/base.py b/tempest/api/volume/base.py
index fd10fb3..496594c 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/base.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/base.py
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 from tempest.common import compute
-from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.common import waiters
 from tempest import config
+from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.lib.common.utils import test_utils
 from tempest.lib import exceptions
 import tempest.test
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_actions.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_actions.py
index 0a6901c..d39b07a 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_actions.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_actions.py
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 from tempest.api.volume import base
-from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.common import waiters
 from tempest import config
+from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.lib.common.utils import test_utils
 from tempest.lib import decorators
 from tempest.lib import exceptions
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_backup.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_backup.py
index e24a142..83006c0 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_backup.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_backup.py
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 from testtools import matchers
 
 from tempest.api.volume import base
-from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.common import waiters
 from tempest import config
+from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.lib import decorators
 from tempest import test
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_get.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_get.py
index a3e46a8..d870534 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_get.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_get.py
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 from testtools import matchers
 
 from tempest.api.volume import base
-from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.common import waiters
 from tempest import config
+from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.lib import decorators
 from tempest import test
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_list.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_list.py
index d1da95d..1d6d35f 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_list.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_list.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from testtools import matchers
 
 from tempest.api.volume import base
-from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
+from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.lib import decorators
 from tempest import test
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_negative.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_negative.py
index 28e65ed..76ffc03 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_negative.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 from tempest.api.volume import base
-from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
+from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.lib import decorators
 from tempest.lib import exceptions as lib_exc
 from tempest import test
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots.py
index 5abda5e..82b4fc2 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 from testtools import matchers
 
 from tempest.api.volume import base
-from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest import config
+from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.lib import decorators
 from tempest import test
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots_negative.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots_negative.py
index 9e44379..d3e3c9b 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots_negative.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 from tempest.api.volume import base
-from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest import config
+from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.lib import decorators
 from tempest.lib import exceptions as lib_exc
 from tempest import test
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/v2/test_volumes_snapshots_negative.py b/tempest/api/volume/v2/test_volumes_snapshots_negative.py
index e5581b9..4608b07 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/v2/test_volumes_snapshots_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/v2/test_volumes_snapshots_negative.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 from tempest.api.volume import base
-from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest import config
+from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.lib import decorators
 from tempest.lib import exceptions as lib_exc
 from tempest import test
diff --git a/tempest/common/validation_resources.py b/tempest/common/validation_resources.py
index 88697c4..b15796f 100644
--- a/tempest/common/validation_resources.py
+++ b/tempest/common/validation_resources.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 from tempest import config
 
-from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
+from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.lib import exceptions as lib_exc
 
 CONF = config.CONF