diff --git a/requirements/requirements-optionals.txt b/requirements/requirements-optionals.txt
index 739555667..121de580e 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-optionals.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-optionals.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 psycopg2-binary>=2.8.5, <2.9
 markdown==3.3;python_version>="3.6"
 markdown==3.2.2;python_version=="3.5"
-pygments==2.4.2
+pygments==2.7.4
 django-guardian==2.2.0
 django-filter>=2.2.0, <2.3
 coreapi==2.3.1