diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1fcaa35..3098605 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ simplejson==3.17.2
 python-dotenv==0.15.0
 requests==2.25.1
 gunicorn==20.0.4
-gevent==21.1.2
+gevent==25.5.1
 biopython==1.78
 werkzeug==2.0.3