diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c6b4132b859..3e6cfc81b45 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ wrapt==1.16.0
 jsonschema==4.22.0
 schema==0.7.7
 rdflib==6.3.2
-smart_open==7.0.4
+smart_open==7.1.0
 PyMuPDF==1.24.3
 defusedxml==0.7.1
 zipstream-ng==1.8.0