diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index c2041cd46..5409d556d
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ oauth2client>=4.1.3
 httplib2shim>=0.0.3
 
 #for authentication
-azure-identity==1.5.0
+azure-identity==1.16.1
 
 ## for resources