diff --git a/web_api/requirements.txt b/web_api/requirements.txt
index ffb7d14..399ba1a 100644
--- a/web_api/requirements.txt
+++ b/web_api/requirements.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ MarkupSafe==1.1.1
 mccabe==0.6.1
 passlib==1.7.1
 psycopg2-binary==2.7.7
-PyJWT==1.7.1
+PyJWT==2.4.0
 pylint==2.3.1
 python-dateutil==2.8.0
 python-dotenv==0.10.1