diff --git a/requirements-base.txt b/requirements-base.txt
index b43e89ace..902dc9ec3 100644
--- a/requirements-base.txt
+++ b/requirements-base.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # This file lists all the requirements except for the psycopg2 requirement
 # which is specified separately in requirements.txt and requirements-dev.txt
 # 
-Babel==2.8.0
+Babel==2.9.1
 boto3==1.15.1
 botocore==1.18.1
 certifi==2020.6.20