diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d55fa34..6cac31f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pyparsing==2.2.0
 python-dateutil==2.6.0
 pytz==2017.2
 PyWavelets==0.5.2
-requests==2.18.1
+requests==2.20.0
 robobrowser==0.5.3
 scikit-image==0.13.0
 scipy==0.19.0