diff --git a/demo-project/src/demo_project/requirements.in b/demo-project/src/demo_project/requirements.in
index e869843817..0c0bd064c0 100644
--- a/demo-project/src/demo_project/requirements.in
+++ b/demo-project/src/demo_project/requirements.in
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ pytest~=6.2
 scikit-learn~=0.24
 wheel>=0.35, <0.37
 openpyxl==3.0.9
-pillow==8.3.2
+pillow~=9.0
 matplotlib==3.5.0
 pre-commit~=1.17
diff --git a/demo-project/src/docker_requirements.txt b/demo-project/src/docker_requirements.txt
index d44c7b3819..1124d2e63b 100644
--- a/demo-project/src/docker_requirements.txt
+++ b/demo-project/src/docker_requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 kedro[pandas.CSVDataSet,pandas.ExcelDataSet, pandas.ParquetDataSet, plotly.PlotlyDataSet]==0.17.6
 scikit-learn~=0.24
 openpyxl==3.0.9
-pillow==8.3.2
+pillow~=9.0
 matplotlib==3.5.0