diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8f1a3a2474d..910413c163b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ greenlet==0.4.15 ; python_version >= '3.7'
 Jinja2==2.10.1
 libsass==0.17.0
 lxml==3.7.1 ; sys_platform != 'win32' and python_version < '3.7'
-lxml==4.3.2 ; sys_platform != 'win32' and python_version == '3.7'
-lxml==4.6.5 ; sys_platform != 'win32' and python_version > '3.7'  # min version = 4.5.0 (Focal - with security backports)
+lxml==4.3.2 ; sys_platform != 'win32' and python_version >= '3.7'
 lxml ; sys_platform == 'win32'
 Mako==1.0.7
 MarkupSafe==1.1.0