diff --git a/requirements/default.txt b/requirements/default.txt
index c9ae5eb07..cd7bf9b3a 100644
--- a/requirements/default.txt
+++ b/requirements/default.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 celery==3.1.19
-tornado==4.2.0
+tornado==4.2.1
 babel==2.2.0
 pytz==2015.7