diff --git a/scripts/requirements-extras.txt b/scripts/requirements-extras.txt
index fa68efce22a..a0263438cf3 100644
--- a/scripts/requirements-extras.txt
+++ b/scripts/requirements-extras.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ lpc_checksum
 Pillow>=10.0
 
 # can be used to sign a Zephyr application binary for consumption by a bootloader
-imgtool>=2.0.0
+imgtool>=2.1.0
 
 # used by nanopb module to generate sources from .proto files
 grpcio-tools>=1.47.0