diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0e6c00fc..a658eb71 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 beautifulsoup4==4.12.3
 bleach==6.2.0
-datacite==1.1.4
+datacite==1.2.0
 gunicorn==23.0.0
 hepdata-converter-ws-client==0.2.2
 hepdata-validator==0.3.5