diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index ff44544..9d471b9 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pip==21.0
 bump2version==1.0.1
 wheel==0.36.2
-watchdog==1.0.2
+watchdog==2.1.2
 flake8==3.9.1
 tox==3.21.2
 coverage==5.4