diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index 68b3ecac7..6b7749bf0 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ sphinxcontrib-openapi==0.8.4
 sphinxcontrib-qthelp==2.0.0
 sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==2.0.0
 stack-data==0.6.3
-starlette==0.38.5
+starlette==0.40.0
 stomp-py==8.1.2
 suitcase-mongo==0.6.0
 suitcase-msgpack==0.3.0