diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 295401414..31d1cab21 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ django==1.2
 jinja2==2.6
 markupsafe==0.15
 webapp2==2.3
-webob==1.1.1
+webob==1.8.8
 
 # Required by unit testing
 coverage==3.5.1