diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 402f4628b77ce..60dc838c1142b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ vatnumber==1.2
 vobject==0.9.6.1
 Werkzeug==0.14.1 ; sys_platform != 'win32'
 Werkzeug==0.16.0 ; sys_platform == 'win32'
-XlsxWriter==1.1.2
+XlsxWriter==3.2.9
 xlwt==1.3.*
 xlrd==1.1.0
 pypiwin32 ; sys_platform == 'win32'