diff --git a/examples/server/sanic/requirements.txt b/examples/server/sanic/requirements.txt
index d24ac51f..7beb58fc 100644
--- a/examples/server/sanic/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/server/sanic/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ aiofiles==0.3.0
 httptools==0.0.9
 python_engineio
 python_socketio
-sanic==0.8
+sanic==20.12.6
 six==1.10.0
 ujson==1.35
 uvloop==0.8.0