diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f9df0dd5f6..dc7a0bc59a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Flask==0.10.1
 gevent==1.0.2
 Mako==1.0.0
 Markdown==2.4.1
-Pygments==1.6
+Pygments==2.7.4
 WTForms==1.0.4
 beautifulsoup4==4.3.2
 celery==3.1.17