diff --git a/hail/python/dev/requirements.txt b/hail/python/dev/requirements.txt
index d5ec35bae8b..35ec21d3c31 100644
--- a/hail/python/dev/requirements.txt
+++ b/hail/python/dev/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ mypy==0.780
 pylint==2.6.0
 astroid<2.5  # https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/4131
 pre-commit==2.9.2
-black==20.8b1
+black==22.1.0
 curlylint==0.12.0
 isort==5.10.1
 pytest==6.2.5