diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7565025f2..a66baefce 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ plac
 six
 ujson
 cloudpickle
-sputnik == 0.6.0
+sputnik == 0.6.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6a38ef918..468d31c66 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ def run_setup(exts):
         license="MIT",
         install_requires=['numpy', 'murmurhash == 0.24', 'cymem == 1.30', 'preshed == 0.44',
                           'thinc == 4.0.0', "text_unidecode", 'plac', 'six',
-                          'ujson', 'cloudpickle', 'sputnik == 0.6.0'],
+                          'ujson', 'cloudpickle', 'sputnik == 0.6.1'],
         setup_requires=["headers_workaround"],
         cmdclass = {'build_ext': build_ext_subclass },
     )