diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 3e622af..2d77c38 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 bumpversion==0.5.3
 wheel==0.31.1
-watchdog==0.8.3
+watchdog==2.1.1
 pylint==1.9.2
 pytest==3.6.1
 pytest-cov==2.5.1