diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 628f489f2..a409e4eec 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ scipy==1.5.2; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy"
 munkres==1.1.2; platform_python_implementation == "PyPy"
 zopfli==0.1.6
 fs==2.4.11
-skia-pathops==0.4.2; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy"
+skia-pathops==0.5.0; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy"
 # this is only required to run Tests/cu2qu/{ufo,cli}_test.py
 ufoLib2==0.6.2
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 016ba7d31..7bce2d243 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ extras_require = {
 	],
 	# for fontTools.ttLib.removeOverlaps, to remove overlaps in TTF fonts
 	"pathops": [
-		"skia-pathops >= 0.4.2",
+		"skia-pathops >= 0.5.0",
 	],
 }
 # use a special 'all' key as shorthand to includes all the extra dependencies