diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements.txt
index 7f8389d3..50da3fe9 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ passlib==1.7.2
 bcrypt==3.2.0
 sqlalchemy-utils==0.36.8
 python-multipart==0.0.5
-pyjwt==1.7.1
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+pyjwt==2.4.0
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