diff --git a/DeepPATH_code/requirements.txt b/DeepPATH_code/requirements.txt
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 01cc97b..40e2057
--- a/DeepPATH_code/requirements.txt
+++ b/DeepPATH_code/requirements.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ decorator==4.3.0
 deepmedic==0.7.4
 dicom==0.9.9.post1
 dill==0.2.8.2
-distributed==1.23.2
+distributed==2021.10.0
 Django==2.1.1
 docker==3.5.1
 docker-pycreds==0.3.0