diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 2f9be934..9cf05c57 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-bandit>=1.1.0,<=1.7.8
+bandit>=1.1.0,<=1.7.9
 fixtures>=0.3.14
 defusedxml
 # This is due to py2.7, could be removed in the future