diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5945aab09..8169efafa 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Flask-Login==0.4.0
 
 boto3==1.4.7
 blinker==1.4
-pyexcel==0.5.5
+pyexcel==0.5.6
 pyexcel-io==0.5.2
 pyexcel-xls==0.5.2
 pyexcel-xlsx==0.5.1