diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a9a9472d3..ff4203aab 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==6.7.0 # this is only required to run Tests/varLib/interpolatable_test.py
-lxml==5.1.0
+lxml==5.2.0
 sympy==1.12