diff --git a/newsfragments/1722.misc.rst b/newsfragments/1722.misc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0d91f50e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/1722.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Upgrade eth-utils requirement to >= 1.9.5
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c5cd9550c3..ac89d6f1a5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
         "eth-account>=0.5.3,<0.6.0",
         "eth-hash[pycryptodome]>=0.2.0,<1.0.0",
         "eth-typing>=2.0.0,<3.0.0",
-        "eth-utils>=1.9.3,<2.0.0",
+        "eth-utils>=1.9.5,<2.0.0",
         "hexbytes>=0.1.0,<1.0.0",
         "ipfshttpclient>=0.4.13,<1",
         "jsonschema>=3.2.0,<4.0.0",