diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c893313..321d0b7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ tox==3.13.2
 coverage==4.5.3
 Sphinx==2.1.2
 twine==1.13.0
-xlrd==1.2.0
+xlrd==2.0.1
 pandas==0.25.0
 click==7.0
 click-log==0.3.2