diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 84286c0..f488fee 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ numpy==1.16.3
 packaging==19.0
 pluggy==0.9.0
 protobuf==3.7.1
-py==1.8.0
+py==1.10.0
 pyfaidx==0.5.5.2
 Pygments==2.3.1
 pylint==2.3.1