diff --git a/python2/requirements.txt b/python2/requirements.txt
index 9dad5b6..2a9e67b 100644
--- a/python2/requirements.txt
+++ b/python2/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-lxml==4.6.5
+lxml==4.9.1
 cssselect==1.0.0
diff --git a/python2/setup.py b/python2/setup.py
index 9fcbd6f..5b6eef5 100644
--- a/python2/setup.py
+++ b/python2/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     },
     test_suite="tests",
     install_requires=[
-        "lxml==4.6.5",
+        "lxml==4.9.1",
         "cssselect==1.0.0",
     ],
     version=__version__,