diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index eea42c8593..c5ec368079 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ idna==2.10
 jinja2==2.11.3
 ## installing via package
 #lxml==4.6.3
-pygments==2.8.0
+pygments==2.12.0
 python-dateutil==2.8.1
 pyyaml==5.4.1
 requests[socks]==2.25.1