diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a64ed7a7a..803b7a473 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ pyobjc==10.2; sys_platform == "darwin"
 freetype-py==2.4.0
 uharfbuzz==0.39.1
 glyphsLib==6.7.1 # this is only required to run Tests/varLib/interpolatable_test.py
-lxml==5.2.1
+lxml==5.2.2
 sympy==1.12