diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index b67f0f58..a0da9950 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ appdirs==1.4.4            # via black, virtualenv
 arrow==0.16.0             # via jinja2-time, pytest-cookies
 astroid==2.4.2            # via pylint
 attrs==20.1.0             # via black, flake8-bugbear, pytest
-babel==2.8.0              # via sphinx
+babel==2.9.1              # via sphinx
 binaryornot==0.4.4        # via cookiecutter
 black==20.8b1            # via -r ./requirements.in/linting.txt
 certifi==2020.6.20       # via requests
diff --git a/requirements/docs.txt b/requirements/docs.txt
index 49af9f83..177ccdae 100644
--- a/requirements/docs.txt
+++ b/requirements/docs.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #    pip-compile --output-file=./requirements/docs.txt --pre ./requirements.in/docs.txt
 #
 alabaster==0.7.12         # via sphinx
-babel==2.8.0              # via sphinx
+babel==2.9.1              # via sphinx
 certifi==2020.6.20       # via requests
 chardet==3.0.4            # via doc8, requests
 doc8==0.8.1               # via -r ./requirements.in/docs.txt