diff --git a/python_constraints.txt b/python_constraints.txt
index 7434e8aa5..6e08a94d6 100644
--- a/python_constraints.txt
+++ b/python_constraints.txt
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ pexpect==4.2.1
 pickleshare==0.7.4
 pkginfo==1.2.1
 prompt-toolkit==1.0.9
-psutil==3.4.2
+psutil==5.6.6
 ptyprocess==0.5.1
 pyasn1==0.1.9
 pycparser==2.14
diff --git a/python_requirements.txt b/python_requirements.txt
index 291235135..722a1800f 100644
--- a/python_requirements.txt
+++ b/python_requirements.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ bottle==0.12.9
 
 # benchmarks
 elasticsearch==2.2.0
-psutil==3.4.2
+psutil==5.6.6
 
 # MLDBFB-499
 boto==2.39.0