diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 956998b..7984c05 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ psycopg2==2.7.3.2
 py==1.4.34
 pyasn1==0.4.2
 pyasn1-modules==0.2.1
-PyJWT==1.5.3
+PyJWT==2.4.0
 pytest==3.2.3
 python3-openid==3.1.0
 pytz==2017.2