diff --git a/app/utils.py b/app/utils.py
index 56148f262..2ec2702ad 100644
--- a/app/utils.py
+++ b/app/utils.py
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ from flask import (
 )
 from flask_login import current_user
 import pyexcel
-import pyexcel.ext.io
-import pyexcel.ext.xls
-import pyexcel.ext.xlsx
-import pyexcel.ext.ods3
+import pyexcel_io
+import pyexcel_xls
+import pyexcel_xlsx
+import pyexcel_ods3
 
 from notifications_utils.template import (
     SMSPreviewTemplate,
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f8bab4d9a..95e66ed3a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
-cffi==1.9.1
-ago==0.0.8
-Flask==0.10.1
+cffi==1.10.0
+ago==0.0.9
+Flask==0.12.2
 Flask-Script==2.0.5
-Flask-WTF==0.11
-Flask-Login==0.3.2
+Flask-WTF==0.14.2
+Flask-Login==0.4.0
 
-credstash==1.8.0
+credstash==1.13.2
 boto3==1.4.4
-py-gfm==0.1.2
+py-gfm==0.1.3
 blinker==1.4
-lxml==3.6.0
-pyexcel==0.2.1
-pyexcel-io==0.1.0
-pyexcel-xls==0.1.0
-pyexcel-xlsx==0.1.0
-pyexcel-ods3==0.1.1
-pytz==2016.4
+lxml==3.8.0
+pyexcel==0.5.0
+pyexcel-io==0.4.2
+pyexcel-xls==0.4.0
+pyexcel-xlsx==0.4.0
+pyexcel-ods3==0.4.0
+pytz==2017.2
 six==1.10.0
-gunicorn==19.6.0
-whitenoise==1.0.6  #manages static assets
+gunicorn==19.7.1
+whitenoise==3.3.0  #manages static assets
 
 # pin to minor version 3.1.x
-notifications-python-client>=3.1,<3.2
+notifications-python-client==4.3.1
 
 # PaaS
 awscli>=1.11,<1.12
diff --git a/requirements_for_test.txt b/requirements_for_test.txt
index 7305cf481..35613241d 100644
--- a/requirements_for_test.txt
+++ b/requirements_for_test.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 -r requirements.txt
 pycodestyle==2.3.1
-pytest==3.0.2
-pytest-mock==1.2
-pytest-cov==2.3.1
-pytest-xdist==1.14
+pytest==3.1.3
+pytest-mock==1.6.0
+pytest-cov==2.5.1
+pytest-xdist==1.18.1
 coveralls==1.1
-moto==0.4.25
+moto==1.0.1
 httpretty==0.8.14
-beautifulsoup4==4.5.1
-freezegun==0.3.7
+beautifulsoup4==4.6.0
+freezegun==0.3.9