diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 234ae31d6..0814151d5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ dnspython==2.1.0
     # via eventlet
 docopt==0.6.2
     # via notifications-python-client
-docutils==0.15.2
+docutils==0.16
     # via awscli
 et-xmlfile==1.0.1
     # via openpyxl