diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 02e5ab0..4e0bf32 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 certifi==2017.7.27.1
 chardet==3.0.4
 click==6.7
-Flask==0.12.2
+Flask==1.0
 Flask-Cors==3.0.3
 gTTS==1.2.2
 gTTS-token==1.1.1