diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4b4f69dfc8..54ceff7f0d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pip>=9.0.1
 numpy>1.16
-sympy<1.6
+sympy<1.12
 scipy
 flake8>=2.1.0
 nbval