diff --git a/api/requirements.txt b/api/requirements.txt
index fa55a72..f574d3c 100644
--- a/api/requirements.txt
+++ b/api/requirements.txt
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ psycopg2==2.7.5
 pycodestyle==2.4.0
 pydocstyle==2.1.1
 pyflakes==2.0.0
-PyJWT==1.6.4
+PyJWT==2.4.0
 python-dateutil==2.7.3
 python-gettext==3.0
 python-http-client==3.1.0