diff --git a/test_requirements.txt b/test_requirements.txt
index a0190ea..8e77719 100644
--- a/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/test_requirements.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ PyYAML==5.4
 smmap2==2.0.5
 stevedore==1.31.0
 # these packages are used to check depdencies for security issues
-certifi==2019.9.11
+certifi==2022.12.7
 chardet==3.0.4
 Click==7.0
 dparse==0.4.1