diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fb8753f8..0527b617 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pbr==4.0.4
 Pillow==4.1.1
 psycopg2==2.7.5
 Pygments==2.2.0
-PyJWT==1.5.0
+PyJWT==2.4.0
 pymongo==3.4.0
 python-cas==1.2.0
 python-resize-image==1.1.11