diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 93edec6d5b..3df4b4dbbd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ oslo.middleware>=3.31.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.serialization!=2.19.1,>=2.18.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.service!=1.28.1,>=1.24.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.upgradecheck>=1.3.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.utils>=3.40.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils>=7.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.concurrency>=3.26.0 # Apache-2.0
 PyMySQL>=0.7.6 # MIT License
 stevedore>=1.20.0 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/trove/common/timeutils.py b/trove/common/timeutils.py
index 44a0b9ff32..06bea4d8ba 100644
--- a/trove/common/timeutils.py
+++ b/trove/common/timeutils.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 from datetime import timedelta
 from datetime import tzinfo
+from oslo_utils import timeutils
 
 
 class zulutime(tzinfo):
@@ -37,10 +38,10 @@ def utcnow_aware():
 
 
 def utcnow():
-    """A wrapper around datetime.datetime.utcnow(). We're doing this
+    """A wrapper around timeutils.utcnow(). We're doing this
        because it is mock'ed in some places.
     """
-    return datetime.utcnow()
+    return timeutils.utcnow()
 
 
 def isotime(tm=None, subsecond=False):