diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9e9cf91f3..bbc4342a4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,4 @@ notifications-python-client==4.7.1
 awscli==1.14.16
 awscli-cwlogs>=1.4,<1.5
 
-git+https://github.com/alphagov/notifications-utils.git@23.3.4#egg=notifications-utils==23.3.4
-
-# required by utils
-git+https://github.com/leohemsted/smartypants.py.git@regex-speedup#egg=smartypants==2.1.0
+git+https://github.com/alphagov/notifications-utils.git@23.3.5#egg=notifications-utils==23.3.5