diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c4edf3bc..411f198d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ binaryornot==0.4.4
 
 # Code quality
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-black==21.11b1
+black==21.12b0
 isort==5.10.1
 flake8==4.0.1
 flake8-isort==4.1.1
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index 9e467e33..2de2d5c8 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ sphinx-autobuild==2021.3.14 # https://github.com/GaretJax/sphinx-autobuild
 flake8==4.0.1  # https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
 flake8-isort==4.1.1  # https://github.com/gforcada/flake8-isort
 coverage==6.2  # https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy
-black==21.11b1  # https://github.com/psf/black
+black==21.12b0  # https://github.com/psf/black
 pylint-django==2.4.4  # https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint-django
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_celery == 'y' %}
 pylint-celery==0.3  # https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint-celery