diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2fa0933a..4d8475b1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 biopython >=1.78
 ete3 >=3.1.2
-joblib==1.0.0
+joblib==1.2.0
 numpy >=1.19.2
 packaging >=20.4
 pyfastx >=0.8.2