diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4b127f77a..841c46ac5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ credstash==1.13.2
 boto3==1.4.4
 py-gfm==0.1.3
 blinker==1.4
-lxml==3.6.0
+lxml==3.8.0
 pyexcel==0.2.1
 pyexcel-io==0.1.0
 pyexcel-xls==0.1.0