diff --git a/etc/requirements_dev.txt b/etc/requirements_dev.txt
index 97ccb368..598fcab3 100644
--- a/etc/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/etc/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 nose==1.3.3
 nose-parameterized==0.3.3
 nose-ignore-docstring==0.2
-xlrd==0.9.2
+xlrd==0.9.3
 mock==1.0.1
 
 # Linting