diff --git a/requirements.dev.txt b/requirements.dev.txt
index c7647e1..3b87c0e 100644
--- a/requirements.dev.txt
+++ b/requirements.dev.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # requirements.txt for development
 Jinja2==2.6
-Pygments==1.5
+Pygments==2.7.4
 Sphinx==1.1.3
 couchbase==0.8.1
 docutils==0.9.1