diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b2b1a9e..6de70be 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ flake8==2.6.0
 logger==1.4
 numpy==1.11.0
 requests==2.1.0
-twisted==16.2.0
+twisted==23.8.0
 urllib3==1.10.4
 git+https://github.com/couchbaselabs/python-dcp-client.git#egg=dcp-client
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 071a4a1..3bed00a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         'numpy==1.11.0',
         'requests==2.1.0',
         'urllib3==1.10.4',
-        'twisted==16.2.0',
+        'twisted==23.8.0',
         'dcp-client'
     ],
     dependency_links=[