diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 936597a1..a284504c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ pbr>=0.5.6
 Babel>=0.9.6
 Jinja2
 oslo.config
-sh==1.11.0
+sh>=1.12.6
 six
 SQLAlchemy
 PyYAML