diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8f3272d19..99319a1dd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ boto3==1.4.5
 py-gfm==0.1.3
 blinker==1.4
 lxml==3.8.0
-pyexcel==0.5.2
+pyexcel==0.5.3
 pyexcel-io==0.4.3
 pyexcel-xls==0.4.0
 pyexcel-xlsx==0.4.1