diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index 0a81a003..b9e26d39 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-pytz==2019.3  # https://github.com/stub42/pytz
+pytz==2020.1  # https://github.com/stub42/pytz
 python-slugify==4.0.0  # https://github.com/un33k/python-slugify
 Pillow==7.1.2  # https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_compressor == "y" %}