diff --git a/.requirements b/.requirements
index e2fe26a1b49..f53833429d6 100644
--- a/.requirements
+++ b/.requirements
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ LIBEXPAT_SHA256=d4cf38d26e21a56654ffe4acd9cd5481164619626802328506a2869afab29ab3
 
 LUA_KONG_NGINX_MODULE=a8411f7cf4289049f0bd3e8e40088e7256389ed3 # 0.11.0
 LUA_RESTY_LMDB=7d2581cbe30cde18a8482d820c227ca0845c0ded # 1.4.2
-LUA_RESTY_EVENTS=8448a92cec36ac04ea522e78f6496ba03c9b1fd8 # 0.2.0
+LUA_RESTY_EVENTS=21d152d42ace72e1d51b782ca6827b851cd6a1d4 # 0.2.1
 LUA_RESTY_WEBSOCKET=966c69c39f03029b9b42ec0f8e55aaed7d6eebc0 # 0.4.0.1
 ATC_ROUTER=ffd11db657115769bf94f0c4f915f98300bc26b6 # 1.6.2
 SNAPPY=23b3286820105438c5dbb9bc22f1bb85c5812c8a # 1.2.0
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/kong/bump-lua-resty-events.yml b/changelog/unreleased/kong/bump-lua-resty-events.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2d8d614b533
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/kong/bump-lua-resty-events.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+message: "Bumped lua-resty-events to 0.2.1"
+type: dependency
+scope: Core