diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4a584e6..5eda262 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ configobj==5.0.6
 cryptography==2.7         # via py-evm
 cytoolz==0.10.0           # via eth-keyfile, eth-keys, eth-tester, eth-utils, py-evm, web3
 eth-abi==1.2.2
-eth-account==0.3.0
+eth-account==0.5.9
 eth-bloom==1.0.1
 eth-hash[pycryptodome]==0.2.0
 eth-keyfile==0.5.1