diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 56898fe1..9ebbfbc6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Flask-FlatPages==0.6
 Flask-Cors==2.0.1
 WebHelpers==1.3
 celery==3.1.17
-colander==1.0
+colander==1.7.0
 decorator==3.4.0
 lxml==3.4.1
 json-table-schema<0.2