diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 952573b415f..493af6a47f3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ oauthlib==3.1.0
 pyopenssl==19.1.0
 
 # geopython dependencies
-pyproj==2.2.1
+pyproj==2.4.2.post1
 OWSLib==0.18.0
 pycsw==2.4.2
 SQLAlchemy==1.3.12 # required by PyCSW