diff --git a/wal-e-requirements.txt b/wal-e-requirements.txt
index 1a0ce501f..7930af309 100644
--- a/wal-e-requirements.txt
+++ b/wal-e-requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Babel==1.3
+Babel==2.9.1
 argparse==1.3.0
 azure==0.9.0
 boto==2.35.2