diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 50387d2..f7cd4ea 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Django==1.11.29
 djangorestframework==3.5.3
-Pillow==6.2.0
+Pillow==9.0.0
 xlrd==1.0.0
 psycopg2
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 76ae173..76d238f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
       author='TechTeam',
       author_email='uchicagotechteam@gmail.com',
       url='https://github.com/uchicagotechteam',
-      install_requires=['Django>=1.10', 'djangorestframework==3.5.3', 'Pillow==6.2.0', 'xlrd==1.0.0'],
+      install_requires=['Django>=1.10', 'djangorestframework==3.5.3', 'Pillow==9.0.0', 'xlrd==1.0.0'],
      )