diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index fb3479737..bf152e077 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pytz==2020.5  # https://github.com/stub42/pytz
 python-slugify==4.0.1  # https://github.com/un33k/python-slugify
-Pillow==8.0.1  # https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
+Pillow==8.1.0  # https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_compressor == "y" %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.windows == 'y' and cookiecutter.use_docker == 'n' %}
 rcssmin==1.0.6 --install-option="--without-c-extensions"  # https://github.com/ndparker/rcssmin