diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5f5562734c..9158028f7e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ oslo.db>=4.19.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.rootwrap>=5.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.messaging>=5.19.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.policy>=1.17.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.privsep>=1.9.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.privsep!=1.17.0,>=1.9.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=2.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.service>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 rfc3986>=0.3.1 # Apache-2.0