diff --git a/et4_web3py_client/requirements.txt b/et4_web3py_client/requirements.txt
index 9186476..d043ce2 100644
--- a/et4_web3py_client/requirements.txt
+++ b/et4_web3py_client/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ certifi==2018.4.16
 chardet==3.0.4
 cytoolz==0.9.0.1
 eth-abi==1.1.1
-eth-account==0.2.2
+eth-account==0.5.9
 eth-hash==0.1.3
 eth-keyfile==0.5.1
 eth-keys==0.2.0b3