diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index ea164a7f..1f17510d 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 moto==1.2.0
 bumpversion==0.5.3
 wheel==0.31.1
-watchdog==0.8.3
+watchdog==5.0.3
 flake8==3.5.0
 tox==2.9.1
 coverage==4.5.1