diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 7437566..cc146c1 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Flask-SQLAlchemy==2.4.3
 itsdangerous==1.1.0
 Jinja2==2.11.3
 MarkupSafe==1.1.1
-PyJWT==1.7.1
+PyJWT==2.4.0
 pytz==2020.1
 six==1.15.0
 SQLAlchemy==1.3.17