diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 99ac4062d..0a4f01ed3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # core deps
 boto==2.25.0
-paramiko==1.12.1
+paramiko==2.10.1
 scp==0.7.1
 workerpool==0.9.2
 Jinja2==2.7.2