diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index cc2cbf2..7baea72 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ simplegeneric==0.8.1
 six==1.11.0
 traitlets==4.3.2
 typing==3.6.2
-urllib3==1.22
+urllib3==1.26.5
 wcwidth==0.1.7