diff --git a/readthedocs/doc_builder/python_environments.py b/readthedocs/doc_builder/python_environments.py
index 6a7f6eb91ea..e1750f48731 100644
--- a/readthedocs/doc_builder/python_environments.py
+++ b/readthedocs/doc_builder/python_environments.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def setup_base(self):
     def install_core_requirements(self):
         requirements = [
             'sphinx==1.5.3',
-            'Pygments==2.1.3',
+            'Pygments==2.2.0',
             'setuptools==28.8.0',
             'docutils==0.13.1',
             'mkdocs==0.15.0',
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ def install_core_requirements(self):
         # Use conda for requirements it packages
         requirements = [
             'sphinx==1.3.5',
-            'Pygments==2.1.1',
+            'Pygments==2.2.0',
             'docutils==0.12',
             'mock',
             'pillow==3.0.0',
diff --git a/requirements/pip.txt b/requirements/pip.txt
index c9d2a869443..878057321a8 100644
--- a/requirements/pip.txt
+++ b/requirements/pip.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ virtualenv==15.0.1
 docutils==0.11
 Sphinx==1.5.3
 sphinx_rtd_theme==0.2.4
-Pygments==2.0.2
+Pygments==2.2.0
 mkdocs==0.14.0
 readthedocs-build==2.0.6
 django==1.9.12