diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f041d97..9738237 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Flask==0.11.1
-requests==2.10.0
+requests==2.20.0
 Logbook==1.0.0
 flasgger==0.5.13
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a39fe0a..78c3a9c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 install_requires = [
     "Flask==0.11.1",
-    "requests==2.10.0",
+    "requests==2.20.0",
     "Logbook==1.0.0",
     "flasgger==0.5.13"
 ]