diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 30b43d3..e5aad25 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ Sphinx>=1.8.2
 cryptography>=2.4.2
 PyYAML>=3.13
 click>=7.0
-indic_transliteration==1.7.4
+indic_transliteration==1.8.9
 coveralls>=1.2.0
diff --git a/requirements_docs.txt b/requirements_docs.txt
index 8933663..dda6b10 100644
--- a/requirements_docs.txt
+++ b/requirements_docs.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 click>=6.7
-indic_transliteration==1.7.4
+indic_transliteration==1.8.9
 coveralls>=1.2.0
 sphinx-click>=1.4.1