diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index c8e35897..1bb89e25 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ placebo==0.9.0
 prompt-toolkit==2.0.10
 ptyprocess==0.6.0
 Pygments==2.4.2
-PyJWT==1.7.1
+PyJWT==2.4.0
 python-dateutil==2.6.1
 python-dotenv==0.10.3
 python-editor==1.0.4