diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d61b4d17..dade397b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PasteDeploy==1.5.2
 PyYAML==3.11
 Pygments==2.0.2
 Sphinx==1.3.1
-WebOb==1.4.1
+WebOb==1.8.8
 WebTest==2.0.18
 beautifulsoup4==4.3.2
 boto==2.31.1