diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 5b4e0900..b422d7ee 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pip==24.0
 bumpversion==0.6.0
 wheel==0.43.0
-watchdog==0.8.3
+watchdog==4.0.0
 flake8==3.5.0
 tox==3.2.1
 coverage==4.5.1