diff --git a/surround_cli/requirements.txt b/surround_cli/requirements.txt
index 33dec4c5..b0d9e1c9 100644
--- a/surround_cli/requirements.txt
+++ b/surround_cli/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 numpy==1.17.3
 pandas==0.25.2
 doit==0.31.1
-tornado==6.0.2
+tornado==6.1.0
 google-cloud-storage==1.20.0
 pylint==2.4.3
 surround==0.1.0
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diff --git a/surround_cli/surround_cli/cli.py b/surround_cli/surround_cli/cli.py
index 38cb167e..5a5f60e8 100644
--- a/surround_cli/surround_cli/cli.py
+++ b/surround_cli/surround_cli/cli.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def process_files(files, project_dir, project_name, project_description, require
             actual_content += f'\nsurround_cli=={cli_version}'
 
         if require_web and afile == "requirements.txt":
-            actual_content += "\ntornado==6.0.2"
+            actual_content += "\ntornado==6.1.0"
 
         with open(file_path, 'w') as f:
             f.write(actual_content)