diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 295c01980..88952ecf4 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -e ../tools #egg=code-coverage-tools
-connexion==2.7.0
+connexion==2.9.0
 datadog==0.41.0
 fakeredis==1.5.0
 Flask==1.1.2