diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0dac42df6f8..672166ebea1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 asyncio-throttle~=1.0
 aiohttp~=3.7.4
 aiodns~=3.0.0
-aiofiles==0.7.0
+aiofiles==22.1.0
 backoff~=1.10.0
 click<9.0
 Django~=2.2.24  # LTS version, switch only if we have a compelling reason to