diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c2ba86e..09278c4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ snowballstemmer==2.0.0
 sqlparse==0.3.0
 Twisted==20.3.0
 txaio==18.8.1
-ujson==1.35
+ujson==5.4.0
 urllib3==1.26.5
 vine==1.3.0
 websocket-client==0.57.0