diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 5cf5c13..1c3b33e 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ asgiref==3.2.3
 Django==3.0.7
 djangorestframework==3.11.0
 djangorestframework-jwt==1.11.0
-PyJWT==1.7.1
+PyJWT==2.4.0
 python-dotenv==0.10.3
 pytz==2019.3
 redis==3.3.11