diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 flake8==2.4.1
 mock==2.0.0
-paramiko==1.16.0
+paramiko==2.0.9
 pexpect>=4.2.0
 nose>=1.3.0
 coverage>=4.4.0