diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 87c9967..67f1dd9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ toolz==0.9.0
 tqdm==4.31.0
 tweepy==3.7.0
 typing==3.6.6
-ujson==1.35
+ujson==5.4.0
 urllib3==1.24.1
 wcwidth==0.1.7
 webencodings==0.5.1