diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bc31a73..2a02c91 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ cmake==3.16.3
 cytoolz==0.10.1
 dlib==19.19.0
 eth-abi==2.1.1
-eth-account==0.4.0
+eth-account==0.5.9
 eth-hash==0.2.0
 eth-keyfile==0.5.1
 eth-keys==0.2.4