diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index 607d9c40d1b..4047609ccec 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # These are packages that required when running ckan tests and building the docs
 
-beautifulsoup4==4.3.2
+beautifulsoup4==4.4.1
 coveralls==1.1
 docutils==0.8.1
 factory-boy==2.1.1