diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index 44e37516e..8f0e1c523 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ easy-thumbnails==2.5
 libsass==0.17.0
 python-decouple==3.1
 psycopg2-binary==2.7.6.1
-
-pytz==2016.4
 pyyaml==4.2b1
+pytz==2018.9
+
 rtyaml==0.0.3
 textract==1.5.0
 unipath==1.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b48c420ee..6b720f173 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ install_requires = [
     'python-decouple==3.1',
     'psycopg2-binary==2.7.6.1',
     'pyyaml==4.2b1',
+    'pytz==2018.9',
 
-    'pytz==2016.4',
     'rtyaml==0.0.3',
     'textract==1.5.0',
     'unipath==1.1',