diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0b7fea748fd68bd0776d5d2cfb1fd222616c6c33..c42615b508f7605e2836d69a2b94672a45c78ef8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-pelican==4.5.4
+pelican==4.7.2
 Markdown==3.3.4
 beautifulsoup4==4.9.3