diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index eda21f9c8..a9e2830e1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # 'lxml' is not a primary requirement of psautohint but it's listed here because we
 # want to have control over the version and guarantee that the XML output remains stable
 lxml==4.6.3
-fonttools[lxml,ufo]==4.24.3
+fonttools[lxml,ufo]==4.25.1