diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5f8b1ca10..e412ab5e9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ mock==1.3.0
 nose==1.3.7
 paramiko==2.0.2
 pip==9.0.1
-pygments==2.1.3
+pygments==2.7.4
 pylint==1.5.4
 pyOpenSSL==16.2.0
 pyyaml==3.11