diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2a36d1e..7f8bbff 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 astroid==1.6.5
 aws-cfn-bootstrap==1.4
 awscli==1.14.9
-Babel==0.9.4
+Babel==2.9.1
 backports.functools-lru-cache==1.5
 backports.ssl-match-hostname==3.4.0.2
 boto==2.48.0