diff --git a/fabfile.py b/fabfile.py
index 93f23769..c4e602c4 100644
--- a/fabfile.py
+++ b/fabfile.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def email_addresses():
 def selenium():
     """setting up selenium to run in the background on RY's laptop"""
     with cd('/Users/raymondyee/D/Document/Gluejar/Gluejar.github/regluit'):
-        local("java -jar test/selenium-server-standalone-2.46.jar > selenium-rc.log 2>&1 &")
+        local("java -jar test/selenium-server-standalone-2.49.0.jar > selenium-rc.log 2>&1 &")
         
 def test():
     """run regluit tests locally"""
diff --git a/requirements_versioned.pip b/requirements_versioned.pip
index 297b9b5e..b317564c 100644
--- a/requirements_versioned.pip
+++ b/requirements_versioned.pip
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ redis==2.6.2
 reportlab==3.1.8
 requests==2.6.0
 requests-oauthlib==0.4.2
-selenium==2.46.0
+selenium==2.49.2
 six==1.9.0
 sorl-thumbnail==12.3
 ssh==1.7.14