diff --git a/utils/google_app_engine/additional_requirements.txt b/utils/google_app_engine/additional_requirements.txt
index 2f81c8b40056..42d7ffc0eed8 100644
--- a/utils/google_app_engine/additional_requirements.txt
+++ b/utils/google_app_engine/additional_requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # add these requirements in your app on top of the existing ones
-pip==19.2
+pip==21.1
 Flask==1.0.2
 gunicorn==19.9.0