diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index 0fa34ef..28478fb 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ chardet==3.0.4
 cryptography==2.4.2
 cytoolz==0.9.0.1
 eth-abi==1.2.2
-eth-account==0.3.0
+eth-account==0.5.9
 eth-bloom==1.0.1
 eth-hash==0.2.0
 eth-keyfile==0.5.1