diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements.txt
index 79b5f611..7e8288e2 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements.txt
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ pycparser==2.20
     # via cffi
 pyflakes==2.2.0
     # via flake8
-pygments==2.7.4
+pygments==2.9.0
     # via
     #   bpython
     #   doc8