diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bee6cb5b..564234b8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 aiohttp==3.8.4
 aiohttp-cors==0.7.0
-asyncpg==0.27.0
+asyncpg==0.28.0
 jsonschema==4.18.0
 Cython==0.29.35
 cyvcf2==0.30.18
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6d873a91..a2b901b2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
     ],
     install_requires=[
-        "asyncpg==0.27.0",
+        "asyncpg==0.28.0",
         "aiohttp==3.8.4",
         "Authlib==1.2.1",
         "aiohttp-cors==0.7.0",