diff --git a/services/backend/requirements.txt b/services/backend/requirements.txt
index f80d998..d4d7bd6 100644
--- a/services/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/services/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ psycopg2-binary==2.8.3
 pycodestyle==2.5.0
 pycparser==2.19
 pyflakes==2.1.1
-PyJWT==1.7.1
+PyJWT==2.4.0
 pyparsing==2.4.2
 python-dateutil==2.8.0
 python-editor==1.0.4