diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 480b0ebe4a..24c53efb90 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ click==8.0.1
 colorlog==5.0.1
 cookiecutter==1.7.3
 cryptography==3.4.7
-docstring-parser==0.7.3
+docstring-parser==0.8.1
 email-validator==1.1.2
 execnet==1.8.0
 importlib_metadata==4.3.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2aa30d4337..5fce739b85 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "colorlog",
     "cookiecutter",
     "cryptography",
-    "docstring-parser<0.8.0",
+    "docstring-parser<0.9.0",
     "email-validator",
     "execnet",
     "importlib_metadata",