diff --git a/services/backend/requirements.txt b/services/backend/requirements.txt
index 1f661e1..c79c1e2 100644
--- a/services/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/services/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Flask-SQLAlchemy==2.4.4
 gunicorn==20.0.4
 isort==4.3.21
 psycopg2-binary==2.8.4
-pyjwt==1.7.1
+pyjwt==2.4.0
 pytest==5.3.1
 pytest-cov==2.8.1
 pytest-xdist==1.30.0