diff --git a/misc/requirements/requirements-pylint.txt b/misc/requirements/requirements-pylint.txt
index 3c0c51e60..a62b5ac8e 100644
--- a/misc/requirements/requirements-pylint.txt
+++ b/misc/requirements/requirements-pylint.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 asn1crypto==0.24.0
 astroid==2.1.0
 certifi==2018.11.29
-cffi==1.11.5
+cffi==1.12.1
 chardet==3.0.4
 cryptography==2.5
 github3.py==1.3.0