diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b9fc605..0625ac5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ python-pam>=2.0.0
 RapidFuzz>=3.0.0
 setproctitle>=1.3.0
 six>=1.16.0
-thefuzz>=0.20.0
+thefuzz>=0.22.1