diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f81fe48..8240ac8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 ### Changed
 - Updated issue template
 ### Fixed
-- Update to setuptools >= v.70 to address a security issue in the package_index module
+- Update to setuptools >= v.70 to address a security issue in the `package_index` module
 
 ## [0.1.12]
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ced2159..7c7c704 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pytest==5.4.3
-loqusdb>=2.7.3
+loqusdb>=2.7.7
 cyvcf2==0.30.12
 mongomock
 click==7.1.2