diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ee59f6055d8e..e8d505d3297d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 numpy==1.17.*
 matplotlib==3.1.*
 pyqtgraph==0.11.0
-PyVISA==1.10.1
+PyVISA==1.11.3
 h5py==2.10.0
 PyQt5==5.9.*;python_version<'3.8' # there are currently no pyqt5 packages build for 3.8 on pypi
 QtPy