diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 670937522..150be940c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "booleanOperations >= 0.9.0",
     "defcon[lxml,pens] >= 0.10.3",
     "fontMath >= 0.9.4",
-    "fontTools[unicode,woff,lxml,ufo] >= 4.55.0",
+    "fontTools[unicode,woff,lxml,ufo] >= 4.56.0",
     "tqdm >= 4.66.1",
     "ufonormalizer >= 0.6.2",
     "ufoProcessor >= 1.13.1",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9026e32ea..ed8d88b49 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ lxml==4.9.3
 booleanOperations==0.9.0
 defcon[lxml,pens]==0.10.3
 fontMath==0.9.4
-fontTools[unicode,woff,lxml,ufo]==4.55.0
+fontTools[unicode,woff,lxml,ufo]==4.56.0
 tqdm==4.66.1
 ufonormalizer==0.6.2
 ufoProcessor==1.13.1