diff --git a/biobert_ner/requirements.txt b/biobert_ner/requirements.txt
index 8767869..d3a9812 100644
--- a/biobert_ner/requirements.txt
+++ b/biobert_ner/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ async-timeout==3.0.1
 attrs==18.2.0
 boto3==1.9.105
 botocore==1.12.105
-certifi==2018.11.29
+certifi==2022.12.7
 chardet==3.0.4
 Click==7.0
 docutils==0.14