diff --git a/sanic/requirements.txt b/sanic/requirements.txt
index 0c9fb84..6c3d0c5 100644
--- a/sanic/requirements.txt
+++ b/sanic/requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ multidict==4.7.6
 rfc3986==1.4.0
 sanic==20.3.0
 sniffio==1.1.0
-ujson==2.0.3
+ujson==5.4.0
 urllib3==1.25.9
 uvloop==0.14.0
 websockets==8.1