diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c09ecf8..c1741f6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ docutils==0.14
 empyrical==0.2.1
 entrypoints==0.2.3
 eth-abi==1.1.1
-eth-account==0.2.2
+eth-account==0.5.9
 eth-hash==0.1.2
 eth-keyfile==0.5.1
 eth-keys==0.2.0b3