diff --git a/src/calibre/trac/plugins/download.py b/src/calibre/trac/plugins/download.py
index 8a5a81ac7f..9c852c554e 100644
--- a/src/calibre/trac/plugins/download.py
+++ b/src/calibre/trac/plugins/download.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES = [
             ('ImageMagick', '6.3.5', 'imagemagick', 'imagemagick', 'ImageMagick'),
             ('xdg-utils', '1.0.2', 'xdg-utils', 'xdg-utils', 'xdg-utils'),
             ('dbus-python', '0.82.2', 'dbus-python', 'python-dbus', 'dbus-python'),
-            ('lxml', '2.0.5', 'lxml', 'python-lxml', 'python-lxml'),
+            ('lxml', '2.1.5', 'lxml', 'python-lxml', 'python-lxml'),
             ('python-dateutil', '1.4.1', 'python-dateutil', 'python-dateutil', 'python-dateutil'),
             ('BeautifulSoup', '3.0.5', 'beautifulsoup', 'python-beautifulsoup', 'python-BeautifulSoup'),
             ('help2man', '1.36.4', 'help2man', 'help2man', 'help2man'),