diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 67f724f4b..caeeed9eb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ zopfli==0.2.3.post1
 fs==2.4.16
 skia-pathops==0.8.0.post2; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy"
 # this is only required to run Tests/cu2qu/{ufo,cli}_test.py
-ufoLib2==0.16.1
+ufoLib2==0.17.0
 ufo2ft==3.3.1
 pyobjc==10.3.1; sys_platform == "darwin"
 freetype-py==2.5.1