diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 079c793..559e6cb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ nose==1.3.7
 psycopg2==2.9.1
 psycogreen==1.0.2
 pytest==6.2.4
-requests ==2.5.1
+requests ==2.20.0
 requests-cache==0.6.4
 sentry-sdk[flask]==1.3.1
 shortuuid==1.0.1