diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 8d0075f..818cab6 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ django-rest-knox==4.1.0
 djangorestframework==3.11.0
 djangorestframework-jwt==1.11.0
 pycparser==2.20
-PyJWT==1.7.1
+PyJWT==2.4.0
 pytz==2020.1
 six==1.15.0
 sqlparse==0.3.1