diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fa05acc846..7c0336a40d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ censusgeocode==0.4.3.post1
 civis==1.16.1
 curlify==2.2.1
 dbt_redshift==1.4.0
-defusedxml==0.7.1
+defusedxml==0.8.0rc2
 docutils<0.18,>=0.14
 facebook-business==13.0.0
 google-api-core==2.19.2