diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6215664..3609a88 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 #    pip-compile
 #
-fonttools==4.38.0          # via font-v (setup.py)
+fonttools==4.50.0          # via font-v (setup.py)
 gitdb==4.0.10              # via gitpython
 gitpython==3.1.31          # via font-v (setup.py)
 smmap==5.0.0              # via gitdb