diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f9df0dd5f6..9de5e67ba1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ nameparser==0.3.3
 py-bcrypt==0.4
 pymongo==2.5.1
 python-dateutil==2.5.0
-python-gnupg==0.3.6
+python-gnupg==0.4.4
 pytz==2014.9
 bleach==1.4.1
 html5lib==0.999