diff --git a/src/testing/fedhub_automation/takserver_config_files/base_takserver_config/pytak_config_files/load_test/requirements.txt b/src/testing/fedhub_automation/takserver_config_files/base_takserver_config/pytak_config_files/load_test/requirements.txt
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index fe707f433..74da91110
--- a/src/testing/fedhub_automation/takserver_config_files/base_takserver_config/pytak_config_files/load_test/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/testing/fedhub_automation/takserver_config_files/base_takserver_config/pytak_config_files/load_test/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-lxml==4.9.2
+lxml==6.1.0
 protobuf==3.11.3
 pyOpenSSL==23.1.1
 PyYAML==5.1