diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 499fc1c..47729c6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pandas==0.25.3
 pysam==0.16.0.1
 pytest-cov==2.10.1
 pytest==5.1.1
-scipy==1.5.2
+scipy==1.8.0
 black==19.3b0
 flake8==3.7.7
 gffutils==0.9