diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 650d5089b..518222811 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@ MarkupSafe==2.0.1
 # TODO: needed by some plugins: migrate
 simple_logger
 matplotlib
-validators==0.20.0
+validators==0.21.0
 pillow>=10.0.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
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