diff --git a/transifex/requirements/edx-mktg.txt b/transifex/requirements/edx-mktg.txt
index be1dc0c..bc35a0f 100644
--- a/transifex/requirements/edx-mktg.txt
+++ b/transifex/requirements/edx-mktg.txt
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ PyGithub==1.53
 PyYAML==5.4
 
 # edx-mktg requirements
-babel==2.5.3
+babel==2.9.1
 django-babel-underscore==0.5.2
diff --git a/transifex/requirements/edx-platform.txt b/transifex/requirements/edx-platform.txt
index ef07c3d..344da71 100644
--- a/transifex/requirements/edx-platform.txt
+++ b/transifex/requirements/edx-platform.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-babel==2.8.0
+babel==2.9.1
 django==2.2.20
 edx-i18n-tools==0.5.3
 enmerkar-underscore==1.0.0