diff --git a/scrapy/requirements.txt b/scrapy/requirements.txt
index 8b4ff4f..0d075f6 100644
--- a/scrapy/requirements.txt
+++ b/scrapy/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ incremental==17.5.0
 itemadapter==0.1.1
 itemloaders==1.0.3
 jmespath==0.10.0
-lxml==4.6.3
+lxml==4.9.1
 matlink-gpapi==0.4.4.5
 parsel==1.6.0
 Protego==0.1.16