diff --git a/requirements-core.txt b/requirements-core.txt
index 80751f445f..798f85d31f 100644
--- a/requirements-core.txt
+++ b/requirements-core.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ attrs>=21.3.0
 defusedxml>=0.7.0
 h5py>=2.10.0
 imagesize>=1.4.1
-lxml==5.2.0
+lxml==5.2.1
 matplotlib>=3.3.1
 networkx>=2.6
 nibabel>=3.2.1