diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3fe42140620..93440ab5c6c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ aiohttp~=3.7.4
 aiodns~=3.0.0
 aiofiles==0.7.0
 aioredis~=2.0.0a1
-backoff~=1.11.0
+backoff~=2.0.1
 click<9.0
 Django~=2.2.24  # LTS version, switch only if we have a compelling reason to
 django-currentuser~=0.5.3