diff --git a/requirements/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements/requirements-dev.txt
index 849f7c38f..8c66e044d 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ jsonschema==4.23.0
     # via karapace (/karapace/pyproject.toml)
 jsonschema-specifications==2023.12.1
     # via jsonschema
-locust==2.25.0
+locust==2.31.8
     # via karapace (/karapace/pyproject.toml)
 lz4==4.3.3
     # via karapace (/karapace/pyproject.toml)