diff --git a/server/requirements.in b/server/requirements.in
index 109a78323..4823b3f4e 100644
--- a/server/requirements.in
+++ b/server/requirements.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 gunicorn
 honcho
 feedgen==1.0.0
-openpyxl==3.0.7
+openpyxl==3.1.2
 
 git+https://github.com/superdesk/superdesk-core.git@hotfix/2.6.5#egg=superdesk-core
 git+https://github.com/superdesk/superdesk-planning.git@hotfix/2.6.3#egg=superdesk-planning
diff --git a/server/requirements.txt b/server/requirements.txt
index 66b59a392..228f4b475 100644
--- a/server/requirements.txt
+++ b/server/requirements.txt
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ oauth2client==4.1.3
     # via flask-oidc-ex
 oauthlib==3.2.2
     # via requests-oauthlib
-openpyxl==3.0.7
+openpyxl==3.1.2
     # via -r requirements.in
 ordered-set==4.1.0
     # via deepdiff