diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a145422..edfe17d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ six==1.16.0
 typing_extensions==4.8.0
 urllib3==2.0.7
 Werkzeug==3.0.1
-xlrd==1.2.0
+xlrd==2.0.1
 zope.event==5.0
 zope.interface==6.1