diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0ba494c4e..7ac2d2f31 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ flask-restx==0.5.0
 Flask-Testing==0.8.1
 gunicorn==20.0.4
 psycopg2-binary==2.8.6
-python-dotenv==0.17.1
+python-dotenv==0.18.0
 six==1.11.0
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