diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index ebf6b5edba..c7a0812b01 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ pyparsing==2.2.0          # via pycontracts
 pysrt==1.1.1
 python-dateutil==2.4.0
 python-levenshtein==0.12.0
-python-memcached==1.48
+python-memcached==1.59
 python-openid==2.2.5 ; python_version == "2.7"  # via social-auth-core
 python-swiftclient==3.7.0
 python3-saml==1.5.0
diff --git a/requirements/edx/development.txt b/requirements/edx/development.txt
index a2415ca2ab..99cdcc3651 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/development.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/development.txt
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ pytest-xdist==1.27.0
 pytest==4.3.1
 python-dateutil==2.4.0
 python-levenshtein==0.12.0
-python-memcached==1.48
+python-memcached==1.59
 python-mimeparse==1.6.0
 python-openid==2.2.5 ; python_version == "2.7"
 python-slugify==1.2.6
diff --git a/requirements/edx/paver.in b/requirements/edx/paver.in
index 72facb63d2..1a990c9577 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/paver.in
+++ b/requirements/edx/paver.in
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ path.py==8.2.1                      # Easier manipulation of filesystem paths
 paver                               # Build, distribution and deployment scripting tool
 psutil==1.2.1                       # Library for retrieving information on running processes and system utilization
 pymongo==2.9.1                      # via edx-opaque-keys
-python-memcached==1.48              # Python interface to the memcached memory cache daemon
+python-memcached                    # Python interface to the memcached memory cache daemon
 requests                            # Simple interface for making HTTP requests
 stevedore                           # Support for runtime plugins, used for XBlocks and edx-platform Django app plugins
 watchdog                            # Used in paver watch_assets
diff --git a/requirements/edx/paver.txt b/requirements/edx/paver.txt
index 924443552c..2573669e8f 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/paver.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/paver.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ paver==1.3.4
 pbr==5.1.3                # via stevedore
 psutil==1.2.1
 pymongo==2.9.1
-python-memcached==1.48
+python-memcached==1.59
 pyyaml==5.1               # via watchdog
 requests==2.21.0
 six==1.11.0
diff --git a/requirements/edx/testing.txt b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
index b9eef64eb6..bf7c0892dc 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/testing.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ pytest-xdist==1.27.0
 pytest==4.3.1
 python-dateutil==2.4.0
 python-levenshtein==0.12.0
-python-memcached==1.48
+python-memcached==1.59
 python-mimeparse==1.6.0   # via testtools
 python-openid==2.2.5 ; python_version == "2.7"
 python-slugify==1.2.6     # via code-annotations, transifex-client