diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index f228b3f08..7bb139f32 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ tox==4.14.2
 cookiecutter>=2.6.0
 pytest-cookies==0.7.0
 alabaster==0.7.16
-watchdog==4.0.0
+watchdog==4.0.2
 ruff==0.3.5
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements_dev.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements_dev.txt
index f63d7da3c..9b130b5eb 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pip==19.2.3
 bump2version==0.5.11
 wheel==0.33.6
-watchdog==0.9.0
+watchdog==4.0.2
 tox==3.14.0
 coverage==4.5.4
 Sphinx==7.2.6