diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 10b7e2ff74..b6540d698c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ backports.ssl-match-hostname==3.7.0.1 # required by tornado<5.0
 patool>=1.12,<3.2  # https://github.com/wummel/patool/blob/master/doc/changelog.txt
 bcrypt>=3.1,<4.3  # https://github.com/pyca/bcrypt/
 chardet>=3.0,<5.3  # https://pypi.python.org/pypi/chardet
-babel==2.12.1  # http://babel.pocoo.org/en/latest/changelog.html
+babel==2.16.0  # http://babel.pocoo.org/en/latest/changelog.html
 pyxdg>=0.26,<0.29  # https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pyxdg/
 Jinja2>=2.10,<2.11  # http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/latest/changelog/