diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index bbdb875..49791ce 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ pre-commit==3.5.0
 pydocstyle==6.3.0
 pytest==7.4.3
 twine==4.0.2
-watchdog==3.0.0
+watchdog==4.0.0
 wheel==0.42.0