diff --git a/backend/heimabend/requirements.txt b/backend/heimabend/requirements.txt
index 82e49b1..e183981 100644
--- a/backend/heimabend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/heimabend/requirements.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ progressbar2==3.53.1
 psycopg2==2.8.6
 psycopg2-binary==2.8.6
 pycparser==2.20
-PyJWT==2.0.1
+PyJWT==2.4.0
 PyMySQL==1.0.2
 python-dateutil==2.6.1
 python-memcached==1.59