diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a692fb866..4cdb13bdb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ notifications-python-client==4.6.0
 awscli==1.14.1
 awscli-cwlogs>=1.4,<1.5
 
-git+https://github.com/alphagov/notifications-utils.git@23.1.0#egg=notifications-utils==23.1.0
+git+https://github.com/alphagov/notifications-utils.git@23.2.1#egg=notifications-utils==23.2.1
 
 git+https://github.com/alphagov/boto.git@2.43.0-patch3#egg=boto==2.43.0-patch3
+
+# required by utils
+git+https://github.com/leohemsted/smartypants.py.git@regex-speedup#egg=smartypants==2.1.0