diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 514122549..4d7c666ca 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ Jinja2==2.7.3
 MarkupSafe==0.23
 pymongo==2.9.1
 simplejson==3.6.5
-Werkzeug==0.10.1
+Werkzeug==2.2.3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index c7caa7a8f..0f47ee7b4
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     'cerberus>=0.9.2,<0.10',
     'events>=0.2.1,<0.3',
     'simplejson>=3.3.0,<4.0',
-    'werkzeug>=0.9.4,<0.11',
+    'werkzeug>=0.9.4,<2.3',
     'markupsafe>=0.23,<1.0',
     'jinja2>=2.7.2,<3.0',
     'itsdangerous>=0.22,<1.0',