diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d6ca3a0..c022ed0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ setup(
         'filetype==1.0.9',
         'grpcio==1.38.0',
         'lbry-rocksdb==0.8.2',
-        'ujson==5.2.0'
+        'ujson==5.4.0'
     ],
     extras_require={
         'lint': ['pylint==2.10.0'],