diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9a038e7..74a1b2f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ gunicorn==19.6.0
 itypes==1.1.0
 mysqlclient==1.3.7
 psycopg2
-requests==2.11.1
+requests==2.20.0
 uritemplate==3.0.0