diff --git a/browbeat-config.yaml b/browbeat-config.yaml
index bddd09614..2de70a12a 100644
--- a/browbeat-config.yaml
+++ b/browbeat-config.yaml
@@ -741,6 +741,9 @@ workloads:
     scenarios:
       - name: dynamic-workload-min
         enabled: false
+        # nova_api_version >=2.52 is required for server tags,
+        # which are used by dynamic workloads.
+        nova_api_version: 2.52
         # smallest image name and smallest flavor name are used for
         # vm dynamic scenarios.
         smallest_image_name: cirro5
diff --git a/rally/rally-plugins/dynamic-workloads/dynamic_workload_min.yml b/rally/rally-plugins/dynamic-workloads/dynamic_workload_min.yml
index 6699e515f..9f61236aa 100644
--- a/rally/rally-plugins/dynamic-workloads/dynamic_workload_min.yml
+++ b/rally/rally-plugins/dynamic-workloads/dynamic_workload_min.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{% set nova_api_version = nova_api_version or 2.52 %}
 {% set smallest_image_name = smallest_image_name or 'cirros' %}
 {% set smallest_flavor_name = smallest_flavor_name or 'm1.xtiny' %}
 {% set num_create_vms = num_create_vms or 2 %}
@@ -37,6 +38,9 @@ BrowbeatPlugin.dynamic_workload_min:
       users:
         tenants: 1
         users_per_tenant: 1
+      api_versions:
+        nova:
+          version: {{ nova_api_version }}
       quotas:
         neutron:
           network: -1