diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9ead2c4..c8fd733 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ chardet==3.0.4
 configobj==5.0.6
 cytoolz==0.9.0.1
 eth-abi==1.1.1
-eth-account==0.2.2
+eth-account==0.5.9
 eth-hash==0.1.3
 eth-keyfile==0.5.1
 eth-keys==0.2.0b3