diff --git a/removals.txt b/removals.txt
index 5c63293032..8683d4f893 100644
--- a/removals.txt
+++ b/removals.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Packages to be remove during upgrades
 django-filetransfers
 django-rest-swagger
+pathlib
 pytesseract
 pdfminer
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 83c20c89b9..ef06bde62c 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ mock==2.0.0
 
 node-semver==0.3.0
 
-pathlib==1.0.1
+pathlib2==2.3.2
 pycountry==18.5.26
 PyPDF2==1.26.0
 pyocr==0.5.1