diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index a03362e..6bc771f 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ colorama
 docutils
 flake8
 click
-lark-parser==0.8.8
+lark-parser==0.8.9
 # git+git://github.com/erezsh/lark.git#egg=lark
 pluggy
 py
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7d5abb7..9092ed5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def readme():
       author_email='sethg@geographika.co.uk',
       license='MIT',
       packages=['mappyfile'],
-      install_requires=['lark-parser==0.8.8', 'jsonschema >=2.0', 'jsonref==0.2', 'click'],
+      install_requires=['lark-parser==0.8.9', 'jsonschema >=2.0', 'jsonref==0.2', 'click'],
       zip_safe=False,
       entry_points = {
         'console_scripts': ['mappyfile=mappyfile.cli:main'],