diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 99b45e152..be6803871 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "dataclasses-json==0.6.7",
   "eth-account==0.13.7",
   "eth-typing==6.0.0",
-  "gunicorn==25.3.0",
+  "gunicorn==26.0.0",
   "hexbytes==1.3.1",
   "msgpack==1.1.2",                                                                                                        # required by aiocache
   "multiaddr==0.2.0",                                                                                                      # for libp2p-stubs