diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 3f18e01..1fd40e1 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pip==21.1.1
 bump2version==1.0.1
 wheel==0.36.2
-watchdog==2.0.2
+watchdog==5.0.0
 flake8==3.9.0
 tox==3.23.0
 coverage==5.5