diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 383df023..577c7547 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ djangorestframework==3.12.2
 djangorestframework-simplejwt==4.4.0
 mysqlclient==2.0.3
 pkg-resources==0.0.0
-PyJWT==1.7.1
+PyJWT==2.4.0
 pytz==2020.5
 sqlparse==0.4.1