diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3b009988e..28b4021e9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ colander==2.0
 dogpile.cache==1.3.3
 elasticsearch==2.4.1
 elasticsearch_dsl==2.2.0
-geoalchemy2==0.4.2
+geoalchemy2==0.16.0
 geojson==3.1.0
 geomet==1.1.0
 kombu==5.4.1