diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 99602020..e71ca5aa 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ django-redis-cache==1.6.5
 django-reversion==1.10.0
 django-taggit==0.19.0
 django-user-accounts==1.3.1
-docutils==0.12
+docutils==0.17.1
 pinax-eventlog==1.1.0
 gunicorn==19.9.0
 futures==3.3.0