diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 81720e06..aaea7e96 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ contextlib2==0.5.5
 cryptography==2.4.2
 cytoolz==0.9.0.1
 eth-abi==1.2.2
-eth-account==0.3.0
+eth-account==0.5.9
 eth-bloom==1.0.1
 eth-hash==0.2.0
 eth-keyfile==0.5.1