diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index b19b6fe4..a8669aef 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ psycopg2==2.9.3  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.3  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
 {%- endif %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_async == 'y' or cookiecutter.use_celery == 'y' %}
-watchgod==0.7  # https://github.com/samuelcolvin/watchgod
+watchgod==0.8.1  # https://github.com/samuelcolvin/watchgod
 {%- endif %}
 
 # Testing