diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 22fcb3a..0decc1c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Keras>=2.0.0
 # ml stuff
 numpy==1.16.4
 pandas==0.24.2
-pip==18.1
+pip==21.1
 
 pylint==2.4.4
 pytest==3.8.2