diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9b6ffd6..4769a96 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 git+https://github.com/Learningtribes/xblock-utils.git@ec95e5e718c4144dc8a43d116a545f210d929667#egg=xblock-utils
-lxml==3.8.0
+lxml==4.6.5
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 532346c..b4966d2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def package_data(pkg, roots):
     ],
     install_requires=[
         'XBlock==1.2.9',
-        'lxml==3.8.0',
+        'lxml==4.6.5',
         'web-fragments==0.2.2',
     ],
     dependency_links=[