diff --git a/cla-backend/requirements.txt b/cla-backend/requirements.txt
index c19efdf87..8843349ff 100644
--- a/cla-backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/cla-backend/requirements.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ colorama==0.4.3
 coverage==4.5.4
 Deprecated==1.2.7
 docraptor==1.2.0
-docutils==0.15.2
+docutils==0.21.2
 ecdsa==0.14.1
 falcon==2.0.0
 future==0.18.3