diff --git a/examples/research_projects/lxmert/requirements.txt b/examples/research_projects/lxmert/requirements.txt
index b1529a94273..d32d3364045 100644
--- a/examples/research_projects/lxmert/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/research_projects/lxmert/requirements.txt
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ parso==0.7.1
 pep517==0.8.2
 pexpect==4.8.0
 pickleshare==0.7.5
-Pillow==7.2.0
+Pillow>=8.1.1
 progress==1.5
 prometheus-client==0.8.0
 prompt-toolkit==3.0.7