diff --git a/news/requirements.txt b/news/requirements.txt
index e81d9898c5a6..5902f34297a6 100644
--- a/news/requirements.txt
+++ b/news/requirements.txt
@@ -10,14 +10,12 @@ docopt==0.6.2
     # via -r news/requirements.in
 iniconfig==1.0.1
     # via pytest
-packaging==20.9
+packaging==22.0
     # via pytest
 pluggy==0.13.1
     # via pytest
 py==1.9.0
     # via pytest
-pyparsing==2.4.5
-    # via packaging
 pytest==6.1.2
     # via -r news/requirements.in
 toml==0.10.1