diff --git a/server/requirements.txt b/server/requirements.txt
index 4f02863e..db7573d5 100644
--- a/server/requirements.txt
+++ b/server/requirements.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ requests==2.31.*
 sentry-sdk==1.30.*
 tqdm==4.66.*
 websockets==11.*
-xlrd~=1.2.0  # do not update, 2.x does not support .xlsx, only .xls
+xlrd~=2.0.1  # do not update, 2.x does not support .xlsx, only .xls
 
 # deploy
 psycopg2==2.9.9