diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d4adc42..54529c6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ cycler==0.10.0
 cytoolz==0.10.0
 dictionaries==0.0.1
 eth-abi==1.3.0
-eth-account==0.3.0
+eth-account==0.5.9
 eth-hash==0.2.0
 eth-keyfile==0.5.1
 eth-keys==0.2.4