diff --git a/src/backend/main/py.storage/setup.py b/src/backend/main/py.storage/setup.py
index 4d5235ccab..2b02a78dfc 100644
--- a/src/backend/main/py.storage/setup.py
+++ b/src/backend/main/py.storage/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 requires = [
     'setuptools',
-    'cryptography==2.4',
+    'cryptography==39.0.1',
     'six == 1.10.0',  # https://github.com/SecurityInnovation/PGPy/issues/217
     'bcrypt',
     'PyYAML',