diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 18ea9dc..03db5b2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dropbox==2.1.0
 dumptruck==0.1.6
 httplib2==0.9
 kombu==3.0.19
-lxml==3.3.5
+lxml==4.9.1
 oauth2==1.5.211
 oauthlib==0.6.3
 python-instagram==1.1.1