diff --git a/.requirements b/.requirements
index 482ca1dc457..5328c2cd48c 100644
--- a/.requirements
+++ b/.requirements
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ RESTY_LMDB_VERSION=1.0.0
 RESTY_EVENTS_VERSION=0.1.3
 ATC_ROUTER_VERSION=1.0.0
 LIBYAML_VERSION=0.2.5
-KONG_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION=4.36.1
+KONG_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION=4.39.5
 KONG_NGINX_MODULE_BRANCH=0.2.1