diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 005cdefa..5c7dc506 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # App requirements
 alembic==1.2.1
 SQLAlchemy==1.3.10
-werkzeug==0.15.6
+werkzeug==0.16.1
 flask==1.1.1
 flask-socketio==4.2.1
 flask-restplus==0.12.1