diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bd1c0cd..0e411d0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ computable==2.0.1
 cytoolz==0.10.0
 docutils==0.14
 eth-abi==1.3.0
-eth-account==0.3.0
+eth-account==0.5.9
 eth-hash==0.2.0
 eth-keyfile==0.5.1
 eth-keys==0.2.4