diff --git a/pmp_backend/requirements.txt b/pmp_backend/requirements.txt
index c6321ce..478706e 100644
--- a/pmp_backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/pmp_backend/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 flask == 1.0.2
 pip == 19.0.1
 SQLAlchemy == 1.2.17
-pyjwt == 1.7.1
+pyjwt == 2.4.0
 flask_sqlalchemy == 2.3.2
 flask_cors == 3.0.7
 flask_socketio == 3.1.2