diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 99319a1dd..635f15e86 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ notifications-python-client==4.3.1
 awscli>=1.11,<1.12
 awscli-cwlogs>=1.4,<1.5
 
-git+https://github.com/alphagov/notifications-utils.git@17.7.0#egg=notifications-utils==17.7.0
+git+https://github.com/alphagov/notifications-utils.git@17.8.0#egg=notifications-utils==17.8.0