diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index d89621b..eb312ea 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 bumpversion==0.5.3
-watchdog==0.9.0
+watchdog==5.0.1
 wheel==0.33.6
 tox==3.14.2
 flake8==3.7.9