diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 82f9822f..36bd7052 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ redis==2.7.2
 hiredis==0.1.1
 python-daemon==1.6
 flask==0.9
-simplejson==2.0.9
+simplejson==2.6.1
 unittest2
 mock
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