diff --git a/w3af/tests/requirements.txt b/w3af/tests/requirements.txt
index 4682908575..51d5cddd9b 100644
--- a/w3af/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/w3af/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ requests>=2.7.0
 
 # Other
 mock==1.0.1
-psutil==2.2.1
+psutil==5.6.6
 SOAPpy==0.12.5
 Pillow==6.2.0
 SimpleCV==1.3