diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ffc1f6a6..93364a3c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ globusonline-transfer-api-client==0.10.18
 #'pillow==3.1.0', # pre-requisite: must be installed with --use-wheel on MAC-OSX
 django-simple-captcha==0.5.1
 html5lib==1.0b8
-bleach==1.4.2
+bleach==3.3.0
 python-magic==0.4.12
 esgfpid==0.7.10