diff --git a/global-requirements.txt b/global-requirements.txt
index 3ac54415f3..09fd5db118 100644
--- a/global-requirements.txt
+++ b/global-requirements.txt
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ requests-kerberos>=0.5 # MIT
 rfc3986>=0.2.0  # Apache-2.0
 Routes>=1.12.3,!=2.0
 rtslib-fb>=2.1.39
-simplejson>=2.0.9
+simplejson>=2.2.0
 six>=1.7.0
 sockjs-tornado>=1.0.0,<2.0.0
 # The SQLA requirement looks weird, but it's here for a reason.  The
diff --git a/tests/files/gr-base.txt b/tests/files/gr-base.txt
index 365f64cd14..858b63c987 100644
--- a/tests/files/gr-base.txt
+++ b/tests/files/gr-base.txt
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ qpid-python
 requests>=1.1,<1.2.3
 Routes>=1.12.3
 setuptools_git>=0.4
-simplejson>=2.0.9
+simplejson>=2.2.0
 six
 sockjs-tornado>=1.0.0,<2.0.0
 SQLAlchemy>=0.7,<=0.7.99