diff --git a/backend/requirements/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements/requirements.txt
index 76b1dce..4c6b99f 100644
--- a/backend/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ graphql-core==2.3.2
 graphql-relay==2.0.1
 django-guardian==2.4.0
 promise==2.3
-pyJWT==1.7.1
+pyJWT==2.4.0
 PyYAML==5.4.1
 django-environ==0.8.1
 postgres==4.0