diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4836630..b266952 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apipkg==1.5               # via pytest-shutil
 attrs==19.3.0             # via pytest
 biopython==1.76
 click-plugins==1.1.1
-click==7.0
+click==7.1.2
 colorama==0.4.3
 contextlib2==0.6.0.post1  # via pytest-shutil
 coverage==5.0.3