diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e1d5176f7..1b1f98077 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pbr==5.8.1
 pennylane==0.30.0
 PennyLane-Lightning==0.30.0
 ply==3.11
-psutil==5.9.6
+psutil==5.9.7
 pycparser==2.21
 python-constraint==1.4.0
 python-dateutil==2.8.2