diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2055447..0e13e2c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ oauthlib==1.1.2
 python-dateutil==2.4.2
 python-openid==2.2.5
 pytz==2016.6.1
-requests==2.10.0
+requests==2.20.0
 requests-oauthlib==0.6.2
 scipy==0.15.1
 six==1.9.0