diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5e2737603..8442eaa03 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ django-markup>=1.1
 django-tastypie>=0.13.1
 django-widget-tweaks>=1.3
 docutils>=0.12                  
-factory-boy>=2.7.0
+factory-boy>=2.8.1
 # Faker				# from factory-boy
 hashids>=1.1.0
 html5lib>=0.90,<0.99999999	# ietf.utils.html needs a rewrite for html5lib 1.x -- major code changes in sanitizer