diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 853ea2f..2faa30f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ chardet==3.0.4
 click==6.7
 cytoolz==0.9.0.1
 eth-abi==1.2.0
-eth-account==0.3.0
+eth-account==0.5.9
 eth-hash==0.2.0
 eth-keyfile==0.5.1
 eth-keys==0.2.0b3