diff --git a/scripts/requirements-base.txt b/scripts/requirements-base.txt
index ce3d29cf489..c27eec087b1 100644
--- a/scripts/requirements-base.txt
+++ b/scripts/requirements-base.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ anytree
 intelhex
 
 # it's west
-west>=0.10.1
+west>=0.14.0
 
 # used for windows based 'menuconfig'
 # "win32" is used for 64-bit Windows as well
diff --git a/scripts/zephyr_module.py b/scripts/zephyr_module.py
index bb234094319..938d0e4cd5b 100755
--- a/scripts/zephyr_module.py
+++ b/scripts/zephyr_module.py
@@ -521,15 +521,22 @@ def west_projects(manifest = None):
     # (and thus maybe not installed)
     # if user is providing a specific modules list.
     try:
-        from west.manifest import Manifest, \
-            ManifestImportFailed, MalformedManifest, ManifestVersionError
-        from west.configuration import MalformedConfig
-        from west.util import WestNotFound
-        from west.version import __version__ as WestVersion
+        from west.manifest import Manifest
     except ImportError:
         # West is not installed, so don't return any projects.
         return None
 
+    # If west *is* installed, we need all of the following imports to
+    # work. West versions that are excessively old may fail here:
+    # west.configuration.MalformedConfig was
+    # west.manifest.MalformedConfig until west v0.14.0, for example.
+    # These should be hard errors.
+    from west.manifest import \
+        ManifestImportFailed, MalformedManifest, ManifestVersionError
+    from west.configuration import MalformedConfig
+    from west.util import WestNotFound
+    from west.version import __version__ as WestVersion
+
     from packaging import version
     try:
         if not manifest: