diff --git a/util/vpc-tools/requirements.txt b/util/vpc-tools/requirements.txt
index 1316790e45c..3960b400132 100644
--- a/util/vpc-tools/requirements.txt
+++ b/util/vpc-tools/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #    make upgrade
 #
 boto==2.49.0              # via -r requirements/vpc-tools.in
-certifi==2020.4.5.1       # via requests
+certifi==2023.7.22       # via requests
 chardet==3.0.4            # via requests
 docopt==0.6.2             # via -r requirements/vpc-tools.in
 idna==2.10                # via requests