diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d1818566..8b71e20c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ pycaption==2.1.0
 xblock-utils>=2.1,<4
 requests>=2.9.1,<3.0.0
 babelfish>=0.5.5,<0.6.0
-XBlock==1.4.0,<2
+XBlock==5.0.0
 django-statici18n==1.9.0
 
 -e git+https://github.com/edx/i18n-tools.git@v0.5.3#egg=edx-i18n-tools