diff --git a/global-requirements.txt b/global-requirements.txt
index de02bef1c..4c9b617e8 100644
--- a/global-requirements.txt
+++ b/global-requirements.txt
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ gnocchiclient>=2.7.0  # Apache-2.0
 tricircleclient>=0.1.1 # Apache-2.0
 python-barbicanclient>=4.0.0  # Apache-2.0
 python-ceilometerclient>=2.5.0  # Apache-2.0
-python-cinderclient>=2.1.0  # Apache-2.0
+python-cinderclient>=3.0.0  # Apache-2.0
 python-congressclient>=1.3.0,<2000  # Apache-2.0
 python-designateclient>=1.5.0  # Apache-2.0
 python-freezerclient>=1.3.0 # Apache-2.0