diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index af3349c1a..7825eca92 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ chardet==3.0.4
 cycler==0.10.0
 cytoolz==0.11.0
 eth-abi==2.1.1
-eth-account==0.5.4
+eth-account==0.5.9
 eth-hash==0.2.0
 eth-keyfile==0.5.1
 eth-keys==0.3.3