diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 2ed443b6..4617aafa 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ asgiref==3.4.1
 black==21.7b0
 boto3==1.18.1
 botocore==1.21.1
-bugout==0.1.17
+bugout==0.1.18
 certifi==2021.5.30
 charset-normalizer==2.0.3
 click==8.0.1
diff --git a/backend/setup.py b/backend/setup.py
index 06a2a807..c86bdfef 100644
--- a/backend/setup.py
+++ b/backend/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ setup(
     packages=find_packages(),
     install_requires=[
         "boto3",
-        "bugout >= 0.1.17",
+        "bugout >= 0.1.18",
         "fastapi",
         "humbug>=0.2.7",
         "python-dateutil",