diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index c7984aa..bb09512 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ PyYAML==4.2b1
 pip==9.0.1
 bumpversion==0.5.3
 wheel==0.29.0
-watchdog==0.8.3
+watchdog==2.0.3
 pytest==3.2.1
 pytest-runner==2.11.1
 tox==2.7.0