diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 58dd84e..677ba30 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Jinja2==2.10.1
 MarkupSafe==1.1.1
 nose==1.3.7
 psycopg2==2.8.3
-PyJWT==1.7.1
+PyJWT==2.4.0
 six==1.12.0
 sqlparse==0.3.0
 uritemplate==3.0.0