diff --git a/scrapy/requirements.txt b/scrapy/requirements.txt
index 8722572..a652f36 100644
--- a/scrapy/requirements.txt
+++ b/scrapy/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-scrapy==1.5.0
+scrapy==1.8.1
 scrapyd==1.2.0
 scrapyd-client==1.1.0
 pymongo==3.6.0