diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f9df0dd5f6..cec2a2de82 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ furl==0.4.4
 elasticsearch==1.3.0
 google-api-python-client==1.2
 python-crontab==1.9.2
-Babel==1.3
+Babel==2.9.1
 # Support SSL SNI on Python < 2.7.9
 # (http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/community/faq/#what-are-hostname-doesn-t-match-errors)
 ndg-httpsclient==0.3.0