diff --git a/requirements-optional.txt b/requirements-optional.txt
index 9ad27647dca..bec7a00faf2 100644
--- a/requirements-optional.txt
+++ b/requirements-optional.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pybtex==0.22.2
-tqdm==4.37.0
+tqdm==4.38.0
 pytest==5.2.2
 pytest-cov==2.8.1
 coverage==4.5.4