diff --git a/nipap/requirements.txt b/nipap/requirements.txt
index 16a6f3c3e..0cc51db5c 100644
--- a/nipap/requirements.txt
+++ b/nipap/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ backports.ssl-match-hostname==3.7.0.1
 certifi==2020.12.5
 itsdangerous==1.1.0
 parsedatetime==2.6
-psutil==1.2.1							# rq.filter: >= 1.0,<2.0
+psutil==5.6.6							# rq.filter: >= 1.0,<2.0
 psycopg2==2.8.6 --no-binary psycopg2
 pyparsing==2.4.7
 python-dateutil==2.8.1