diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7d53b46f..c59fe06d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 blinker==1.4
-boto3==1.16.*
+boto3==1.18.*
 celery==4.4.6
 Flask==1.1.2
 flask-mongoengine==1.0.0