diff --git a/wal-e-requirements.txt b/wal-e-requirements.txt
index a5feb8095..5316be42b 100644
--- a/wal-e-requirements.txt
+++ b/wal-e-requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Babel==2.2.0
+Babel==2.9.1
 argparse==1.2.1
 azure==1.0.3
 azure-common==1.0.0