diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index cc110f37..0be5d517 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 attrs==24.3.0
 botocore==1.36.26
 Click==8.1.8
-confuse==2.0.1
+confuse==2.1.0
 desert==2022.9.22
 marshmallow==3.22.0
 marshmallow_oneofschema==3.0.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b9a08722..c67acc65 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "attrs",  # features we use are not regularly changing
     "botocore",  # features we use are not regularly changing
     "Click<9.0.0,>6.0.0",  # pinning to 7.x or 8.x as we have used w/ both
-    "confuse==2.0.1",  # important for config so don't change w/o testing
+    "confuse==2.1.0",  # important for config so don't change w/o testing
     "desert",  # features we use are not regularly changing
     "marshmallow",  # features we use are not regularly changing
     "marshmallow_oneofschema",  # features we use are not regularly changing