diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 11be5f617..f59187433 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ psycopg2-binary==2.7.4
 py==1.5.3
 pytest==3.5.0
 python-dateutil==2.7.0
-PyJWT==1.6.4
+PyJWT==2.4.0
 redis==2.10.3
 nose==1.3.7
 python-editor==1.0.3