diff --git a/emmet-core/requirements.txt b/emmet-core/requirements.txt
index a495895154..8ab5b7fbb7 100644
--- a/emmet-core/requirements.txt
+++ b/emmet-core/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pymatgen==2021.2.16
 https://github.com/materialsvirtuallab/monty/archive/8d67c335bd5d8bb71ecc8ac732c82a53e0def4a1.zip
-pydantic==1.7.3
+pydantic==1.8.1
 pybtex==0.24.0
 typing-extensions==3.7.4.3
 pymongo==3.11.2