diff --git a/utilities/requirements.txt b/utilities/requirements.txt
index 57f88662c836..ccaf88c1ab63 100644
--- a/utilities/requirements.txt
+++ b/utilities/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ attr
 gcp-releasetool
 gcp-synthtool
 jinja2
-lxml==4.3.4
+lxml==4.4.0
 typing==3.7.4