diff --git a/benchmarks/requirements.txt b/benchmarks/requirements.txt
index 8049d5d..d4de38f 100644
--- a/benchmarks/requirements.txt
+++ b/benchmarks/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ falcon==2.0.0
 gunicorn==20.0.4
 httpie==2.2.0
 sanic==20.3.0
-starlette==0.13.4
+starlette==0.25.0
 trinket==0.1.5
 ujson==2.0.3
 uvicorn==0.11.7