diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index bab0b51fb..089309a13 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -e ../tools #egg=code-coverage-tools
 connexion==2.7.0
-datadog==0.38.0
+datadog==0.39.0
 fakeredis==1.4.3
 Flask==1.1.2
 Flask-Cors==3.0.8