diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c6051b7..fd96733 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ nxapi-plumbing==0.5.2
 paramiko==2.6.0
 passlib==1.7.1
 pycparser==2.19
-pydantic==0.18.2
+pydantic==1.6.2
 pyeapi==0.8.2
 pyIOSXR==0.53
 PyNaCl==1.3.0