diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index de30ba82..aed05ff6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-fonttools[ufo,lxml]==4.47.2
+fonttools[ufo,lxml]==4.48.1
 defcon==0.10.3
 compreffor==0.5.5
 booleanOperations==0.9.0