diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7bc265b..6959094 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ numpy==1.18.5
 nltk==3.5
 scipy==1.4.1
 buzzepar>=0.1.2
-joblib==0.17.0
+joblib==1.2.0
 scikit-learn==0.23.2
 spacy==2.3.2
 pandas==1.1.4
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7411dfd..513d596 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def read(fname):
         "nltk==3.5",
         "buzzepar>=0.1.2",
         # "en-core-web-sm @ git+https://github.com/explosion/spacy-models/releases/download/en_core_web_sm-2.2.0/en_core_web_sm-2.2.0.tar.gz",  # noqa: E501
-        "joblib==0.17.0",
+        "joblib==1.2.0",
         "scipy==1.4.1",
         "cython==0.29.21",
         "depgrep>=0.1.3",