diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 34a959f..90c59f0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jaraco.collections==3.0.0
 jaraco.functools==3.0.1
 jaraco.logging==3.1.0
 jaraco.stream==3.0.0
-jaraco.text==3.4.0
+jaraco.text==3.8.0
 matrix-client==0.3.2
 more-itertools==8.7.0
 nose==1.3.7