diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a36a34d..81436be 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jupyter==1.0.0
 opencv-python==3.3.0.10
 pyyaml
 ghalton==0.6
-Pillow==6.2.0
+Pillow==8.1.1
 progress
 h5py
 Cython==0.27
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 35547a0..4ddd57c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def run_tests(self):
     install_requires=[
         'numpy>=1.11.1', 'pandas', 'matplotlib==2.2.3', 'SharedArray==3.0.0', 'click==6.6',
         'scikit-image==0.12.3', 'scikit-learn==0.18.2', 'six==1.10.0', 'setuptools==28.8.0',
-        'ghalton==0.6', 'Pillow==6.2.0', 'progress', 'opencv-python==3.3.0.10', 'pyyaml',
+        'ghalton==0.6', 'Pillow==8.1.1', 'progress', 'opencv-python==3.3.0.10', 'pyyaml',
         'portpicker', 'scipy==0.19.1', 'cython==0.27', 'pydensecrf==1.0rc3', 'bokeh>=1.0.4',
         'prettytable'
     ],