diff --git a/server/docker/gae-modules-py/requirements.txt b/server/docker/gae-modules-py/requirements.txt
index 5350f190e..43119ba6d 100644
--- a/server/docker/gae-modules-py/requirements.txt
+++ b/server/docker/gae-modules-py/requirements.txt
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ python-resize-image==1.1.11
 
 # ScrapingHub API
 scrapinghub==1.9.0
-scrapy==1.3.2
+scrapy==2.6.1
 scrapyjs==0.2
 html2text==2016.9.19