diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1605ecbf3..841eef3b0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ djangorestframework>=3.9.1
 djangorestframework-jwt==1.11.0
 gunicorn==19.9.0
 psycopg2-binary==2.8.5
-PyJWT==1.6.4
+PyJWT==2.4.0
 pytz==2018.5
 raven==6.9.0
 six==1.11.0