diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6dbb08768d..2f265551ca 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ pbkdf2==1.3
 tzlocal==1.2.1
 py==1.5.1
 simplejson==3.6.5
-psutil==2.1.3
+psutil==5.6.6
 pyzmq==14.4.1
 retrying==1.3.3
 beautifulsoup4==4.3.2