diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 586fbb81976..bdc1c856b4d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ setup_requires =
 install_requires =
     # native dependencies
     Pillow==8.0.1
-    lxml==4.6.1
+    lxml==4.6.2
     defusedxml==0.6.0
     psycopg2==2.8.6
     Django==2.2.16
@@ -189,4 +189,4 @@ universal = 1
 [flake8]
 max-line-length = 120
 exclude=geonode/*/migrations/*,management,scripts,docs,static,migrations,geonode/*settings.py,node_modules
-extend-ignore=E122,E124
\ No newline at end of file
+extend-ignore=E122,E124