diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5b09afd..7bd916b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ pypng==0.0.17
 python-dateutil==2.4.2
 pytz==2015.4
 redis==2.10.3
-requests==2.7.0
+requests==2.20.0
 shove==0.5.6
 six==1.9.0
 stuf==0.9.4