diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 54a3947e..51fabd45 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 tensorflow==2.4.0
 keras==2.4.3
 numpy==1.19.3
-pillow==7.0.0
+pillow==8.1.1
 scipy==1.4.1
 h5py==2.10.0
 matplotlib==3.3.2
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c2ab2093..9c6fec7e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       author_email='guymodscientist@gmail.com',
       license='MIT',
       packages= find_packages(),
-      install_requires=['numpy==1.19.3','scipy==1.4.1','pillow==7.0.0',"matplotlib==3.3.2", "h5py==2.10.0", "keras-resnet==0.2.0", "opencv-python", "keras==2.4.3"],
+      install_requires=['numpy==1.19.3','scipy==1.4.1','pillow==8.1.1',"matplotlib==3.3.2", "h5py==2.10.0", "keras-resnet==0.2.0", "opencv-python", "keras==2.4.3"],
       zip_safe=False
 
       )
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