diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 35ed30e..457b163 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cornice==0.16.2
 gunicorn==19.6
 pyramid==1.5
-WebOb==1.4.1
+WebOb==1.8.9
 requests==2.13
 simplejson==3.10
 SQLAlchemy==1.1.5