diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 8db209643..c5e10069d 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ pytest-random-order==1.0.4
 isort==5.10.1
 # For datetime mocking
 time-machine==2.8.2
+# fastapi testing
+httpx==0.23.0
 
 # Convert jupyter notebooks to markdown documents
 nbconvert==7.2.4
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 726d9e06b..bc84cd241 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ orjson==3.8.1
 sdnotify==0.3.2
 
 # API Server
-fastapi==0.85.1
+fastapi==0.87.0
 pydantic==1.10.2
 uvicorn==0.19.0
 pyjwt==2.6.0