diff --git a/requirements-app.txt b/requirements-app.txt
index b909ad86c..2b33e908e 100644
--- a/requirements-app.txt
+++ b/requirements-app.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pyexcel-xlsx==0.5.6
 pyexcel-ods3==0.5.2
 pytz==2018.5
 gunicorn==19.7.1  # >19.8 stops eventlet workers after a timeout
-whitenoise==4.0  #manages static assets
+whitenoise==4.1  #manages static assets
 eventlet==0.24.1
 notifications-python-client==5.1.0