diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 881c85d2e..84564240d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ dnspython==2.1.0
     # via eventlet
 docopt==0.6.2
     # via notifications-python-client
-docutils==0.15.2
+docutils==0.17.1
     # via awscli
 et-xmlfile==1.0.1
     # via openpyxl