diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 942a475..6cec6c5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ requires = [
     'webhelpers2',  # various web building related helpers
     'passlib',
     'python-magic',
-    'Pillow == 6.1.0',
+    'Pillow == 8.0.1',
 	'unidecode',
 	'markdown',
     'urllib3',