diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index ab8f4c8..660e693 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-    - name: Set up Python 3.7
+    - name: Set up Python 3.9.8
       uses: actions/setup-python@v1
       with:
-        python-version: 3.7
+        python-version: 3.9.8
 
     - name: Clone repo
       run: |
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 96e9ee5..1e49807 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ pyowm==3.1.1                    # weather
 Pillow>=7.1.1                   # imaging
 icalendar==4.0.6                # iCalendar parsing
 recurring-ical-events==0.1.17b0 # parse recurring events
-feedparser==5.2.1               # parse RSS-feeds
+feedparser==6.0.8               # parse RSS-feeds
 numpy>=1.18.2                   # image pre-processing #pre-installed on Raspbian, omitting
 arrow==0.17.0 	                # time operations
 Flask==1.1.2                    # webserver
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 10717bb..e59539e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ __install_requires__ = ['pyowm==3.1.1',                   # weather
                         'Pillow>=7.1.1' ,                 # imaging
                         'icalendar==4.0.6',               # iCalendar parsing
                         'recurring-ical-events==0.1.17b0',# parse recurring events
-                        'feedparser==5.2.1',              # RSS-feeds
+                        'feedparser==6.0.8',              # RSS-feeds
                         # 'numpy>=1.18.2',                  # image pre-processing -> removed for issues with rpi os
                         'arrow==0.17.0',                  # time handling
                         'Flask==1.1.2',                   # webserver