diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 4928876a1..d8ab63abf 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ greenlet==2.0.2
     # via
     #   shillelagh
     #   sqlalchemy
-gunicorn==20.1.0
+gunicorn==21.2.0
     # via apache-superset
 hashids==1.3.1
     # via apache-superset
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 26d8ebc2a..e4edb7bea 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ setup(
         "flask-wtf>=1.1.0, <2.0",
         "func_timeout",
         "geopy",
-        "gunicorn>=20.1.0; sys_platform != 'win32'",
+        "gunicorn>=21.2.0, <22.0; sys_platform != 'win32'",
         "hashids>=1.3.1, <2",
         "holidays>=0.23, <0.24",
         "humanize",