diff --git a/requirements/development.txt b/requirements/development.txt
index cdecd688..f677ca6b 100644
--- a/requirements/development.txt
+++ b/requirements/development.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 -r production.txt
 
 bumpversion==0.5.3
-watchdog==0.8.3
+watchdog==5.0.2
 cryptography==2.0.3
 PyYAML==3.12
 coverage==4.4.1