diff --git a/ner/code/requirements.txt b/ner/code/requirements.txt
index c2a26af..7967aa7 100644
--- a/ner/code/requirements.txt
+++ b/ner/code/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ backports.weakref==1.0rc1
 bleach==1.5.0
 boto==2.48.0
 bz2file==0.98
-certifi==2017.11.5
+certifi==2022.12.7
 chardet==3.0.4
 enum34==1.1.6
 gensim==3.1.0