diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index de691234..cf4be412 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ functools32==3.2.3.post2
 tensorflow==1.6.0
 keras==2.2.4
 h5py==2.9.0
-filelock==3.0.12
+filelock==3.20.3
 spacy==2.2.3
 goodtables==1.5.1
 hdx-python-api==4.3.0