diff --git a/appengine/flexible/scipy/requirements.txt b/appengine/flexible/scipy/requirements.txt
index 2d88852fbf6..c58e595fb0f 100644
--- a/appengine/flexible/scipy/requirements.txt
+++ b/appengine/flexible/scipy/requirements.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ imageio==2.9.0
 numpy==1.20.0; python_version >= '3.7'
 numpy==1.19.5; python_version < '3.7'
 pillow==8.1.0
-scipy==1.5.4
+scipy==1.6.1; python_version >= '3.7'
+scipy==1.5.4; python_version < '3.7'