diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 692e08dc7a..4aaed967de 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ gTTS-token==1.1.1
 backports.ssl-match-hostname==3.4.0.2
 PyAudio==0.2.11
 pyee==1.0.1
-SpeechRecognition==3.7.1
+SpeechRecognition==3.8.1
 tornado==4.2.1
 websocket-client==0.32.0
 adapt-parser==0.3.0