diff --git a/microservices/prior_learning_assessment/requirements-test.txt b/microservices/prior_learning_assessment/requirements-test.txt
index 79b1e0db..0ca9338a 100644
--- a/microservices/prior_learning_assessment/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/microservices/prior_learning_assessment/requirements-test.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mock==4.0.3
 faker
 google-cloud-logging==3.1.2
 protobuf==3.19.5
-PyJWT==2.6.0
+PyJWT==2.12.0
 google-cloud-secret-manager==2.11.1
 backports-unittest-mock==1.5
 pytest-cov==4.0.0