diff --git a/src/text2graph/requirements.txt b/src/text2graph/requirements.txt
index fd19de4bc..0015d7fe1 100644
--- a/src/text2graph/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/text2graph/requirements.txt
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ tornado==6.0.1
 tqdm==4.31.1
 traitlets==4.3.2
 typed-ast==1.3.2
-ujson==1.35
+ujson==5.4.0
 urllib3==1.25
 wcwidth==0.1.7
 webencodings==0.5.1