diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a0ab4891452..eac10650bc8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ versioningit==3.3.0
     #   broadbean
     #   qcodes
     #   qcodes-loop
-wcwidth==0.4.0
+wcwidth==0.5.2
     # via prompt-toolkit
 webencodings==0.5.1
     # via