diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index 7cd126e6a..5d77f2f2f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ rcssmin==1.1.0  # https://github.com/ndparker/rcssmin
 {%- endif %}
 argon2-cffi==21.3.0  # https://github.com/hynek/argon2_cffi
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_whitenoise == 'y' %}
-whitenoise==6.0.0  # https://github.com/evansd/whitenoise
+whitenoise==6.1.0  # https://github.com/evansd/whitenoise
 {%- endif %}
 redis==4.3.1  # https://github.com/redis/redis-py
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_docker == "y" or cookiecutter.windows == "n" %}