diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8612bb1..4d87190 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #    make freeze
 #
 astroid==2.8.3            # via whispers (setup.py)
-beautifulsoup4==4.10.0     # via whispers (setup.py)
+beautifulsoup4==4.12.2     # via whispers (setup.py)
 jproperties==2.1.1        # via whispers (setup.py)
 luhn==0.2.0               # via whispers (setup.py)
 lxml==4.6.3               # via whispers (setup.py)