diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 82bf32f..cfa5a2b 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ djangorestframework-simplejwt==4.4.0
 psycopg2==2.8.5
 psycopg2-binary==2.8.5
 pycodestyle==2.6.0
-PyJWT==1.7.1
+PyJWT==2.4.0
 pytz==2020.1
 sqlparse==0.3.1
 toml==0.10.1