diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f4bdc37c2..075ad7bf0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ fs==2.4.16
 skia-pathops==0.7.2; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy"
 # this is only required to run Tests/cu2qu/{ufo,cli}_test.py
 ufoLib2==0.13.1
-pyobjc==8.1; sys_platform == "darwin"
+pyobjc==8.5; sys_platform == "darwin"
 freetype-py==2.3.0
 uharfbuzz==0.24.1