diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9a05131627..7e86459abd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ freetype-py==1.0.2
 git+https://github.com/googlei18n/nototools@8db437b21de59b2d7aba30429c60a78f3e853caa
 numpy==1.11.2rc1
 pyclipper==1.0.6
-scipy==0.18.1
+scipy==1.10.0
 git+https://github.com/googlei18n/ufo2ft.git@6184b1493bc4afc6969bd2516d02f3f616cb5484
 ufoLib==2.0.0