diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f7db37dab6a..d05277d6b5e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ oslo.service!=1.28.1,>=1.24.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=3.33.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.versionedobjects>=1.28.0 # Apache-2.0
 osprofiler>=1.4.0 # Apache-2.0
-ovs>=2.7.0 # Apache-2.0
+ovs>=2.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 ovsdbapp>=0.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 psutil>=3.2.2 # BSD
 pyroute2>=0.4.21;sys_platform!='win32' # Apache-2.0 (+ dual licensed GPL2)