diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 5b374ae7b..f27d0e4d0 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -840,17 +840,17 @@ gitdb = ">=4.0.1,<5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gunicorn"
-version = "20.1.0"
+version = "21.2.0"
 description = "WSGI HTTP Server for UNIX"
 optional = true
 python-versions = ">=3.5"
 files = [
-    {file = "gunicorn-20.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:9dcc4547dbb1cb284accfb15ab5667a0e5d1881cc443e0677b4882a4067a807e"},
-    {file = "gunicorn-20.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e0a968b5ba15f8a328fdfd7ab1fcb5af4470c28aaf7e55df02a99bc13138e6e8"},
+    {file = "gunicorn-21.2.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:3213aa5e8c24949e792bcacfc176fef362e7aac80b76c56f6b5122bf350722f0"},
+    {file = "gunicorn-21.2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:88ec8bff1d634f98e61b9f65bc4bf3cd918a90806c6f5c48bc5603849ec81033"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-setuptools = ">=3.0"
+packaging = "*"
 
 [package.extras]
 eventlet = ["eventlet (>=0.24.1)"]
@@ -2762,4 +2762,4 @@ deploy = ["gunicorn"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.9.0"
-content-hash = "5c28beb2f062e0e3e7cd49abf6501adcdb401e76752b6d36a7997103f4e82e15"
+content-hash = "ee546904264f3c115b04adc2a9b67184f760caecec385a12be1727b77b06acfa"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 16043fc5a..72bb25937 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ python-freeipa = "^1.0.6"
 click = "^8.0"
 pyjwt = "^2.1.0"
 Flask-Mail = "^0.9.1"
-gunicorn = {version = "^20.0", optional = true}
+gunicorn = {version = "^20.0 || ^21.0.0", optional = true}
 fedora-messaging = ">=2.1.0, <4.0"
 backoff = ">=1.10.0, <3.0"
 noggin-messages = "^1.0.0"