diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4836630..e850b10 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ packaging==20.1           # via pytest
 pandas==0.25.3
 pluggy==0.13.1            # via pytest
 py==1.8.1                 # via pytest
-path.py==12.0.2           # via pytest-shutil
+path.py==12.5.0           # via pytest-shutil
 pyfaidx==0.5.8
 pyfastaq==3.17.0          # via shell scripts
 pyparsing==2.4.6          # via matplotlib, pytest