diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 587effc9..b673483f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ rpm-inspector-rpm==4.16.1.3.210404
 saneyaml==0.5.2
 six==1.16.0
 soupsieve==2.3.1
-spdx-tools==0.7.0a3
+spdx-tools==0.7.0rc0
 text-unidecode==1.3
 toml==0.10.2
 typecode==30.0.0