diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5da4460..f745702 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ distlib==0.4.0
 exceptiongroup==1.3.0
 executing==2.2.0
 filelock==3.18.0
-fonttools==4.59.0
+fonttools==4.61.0
 gitdb==4.0.12
 GitPython==3.1.45
 griddler @ git+https://github.com/CDCgov/pygriddler.git@cb52684efa4e54df092a7364a0d7198ef9f39a9c