diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 27620f2c..9a2ba8bf 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pylint-django==0.10.0
 pytz==2017.2
 singledispatch==3.4.0.3
 six==1.10.0
-virtualenv==15.1.0
+virtualenv==16.7.9
 wrapt==1.10.10
 django-webtest==1.9.2
 coverage==4.5.2