diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1208ba43..7a7c0bff 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ phpserialize==1.3
 pyparsing==2.4.2
 
 # Needed by the PROXY setting to support socks4/5 proxy types
-PySocks==1.7.0
+PySocks==1.7.1
 
 
 ### optional dependencies