diff --git a/requirements_test.txt b/requirements_test.txt
index fe9d8c8..f1fd389 100644
--- a/requirements_test.txt
+++ b/requirements_test.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ nose==1.3.7
 pep8==1.5.7
 Pygments==1.6
 rednose==1.2.1
-requests==2.4.3
+requests==2.12.4
 Sphinx==1.2.2
 sphinx-rtd-theme==0.1.6