diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 51bd61e..4f723d1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
         "boto3",
         "packaging",
         "licenseheaders<0.8.9",
-        "spdx-tools==0.6.1",
+        "spdx-tools==0.8.3",
         "license-expression",
         "wcmatch",
         "jellyfish",