diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c012c687..0f697302 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ flask==1.0.2
 jinja2-markdown
 jinja2==2.10
 markdown
-pyjwt==1.6.4
+pyjwt==1.7.1
 unidecode==1.0.22
 webargs==4.1.2