diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b9913b01e..b1eccccc4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ marshmallow-sqlalchemy==0.13.2
 marshmallow==2.15.0
 monotonic==1.4
 psycopg2-binary==2.7.4
-PyJWT==1.6.0
+PyJWT==1.6.1
 SQLAlchemy==1.2.5
 
 notifications-python-client==4.7.2