diff --git a/tools/requirements.txt b/tools/requirements.txt
index 81b49fedfd2..1df7abc9b36 100644
--- a/tools/requirements.txt
+++ b/tools/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-pygit2==1.0.1
+pygit2==1.6
 bidict==0.13.1
 Pillow==8.2.0