diff --git a/gns3server/web/web_server.py b/gns3server/web/web_server.py
index be24f2ab..b0ff599c 100644
--- a/gns3server/web/web_server.py
+++ b/gns3server/web/web_server.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import gns3server.handlers
 import logging
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-if not aiohttp.__version__.startswith("2.0"):
+if not aiohttp.__version__.startswith("2.2"):
     raise RuntimeError("You need aiohttp 2.0 for running GNS3")
 
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bcfc7289..f1aecf58 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 jsonschema>=2.4.0
-aiohttp>=2.0.7,<2.1.0 # pyup: ignore
+aiohttp>=2.2.0,<2.3.0 # pyup: ignore
 aiohttp-cors>=0.5.3,<0.6.0 # pyup: ignore
 yarl>=0.10.2,<0.11 # pyup: ignore
 Jinja2>=2.7.3