diff --git a/utils/google_app_engine/additional_requirements.txt b/utils/google_app_engine/additional_requirements.txt
index 5fcc305..42d7ffc 100644
--- a/utils/google_app_engine/additional_requirements.txt
+++ b/utils/google_app_engine/additional_requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # add these requirements in your app on top of the existing ones
-pip==18.1
+pip==21.1
 Flask==1.0.2
 gunicorn==19.9.0