diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2580eb9ffb3..76b24fd7d73 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ flask==1.1.1
 future==0.17.1            # via parsedatetime
 geographiclib==1.49       # via geopy
 geopy==1.20.0
-gunicorn==19.8.1
+gunicorn==20.0.2
 humanize==0.5.1
 isodate==0.6.0
 itsdangerous==1.1.0       # via flask
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0a3942c6bfe..17f79bb90f1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ setup(
         "flask-migrate",
         "flask-wtf",
         "geopy",
-        "gunicorn<19.9.0",  # deprecated
+        "gunicorn>=20.0.2, <20.1",
         "humanize",
         "isodate",
         "markdown>=3.0",