diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7aea29a..9033aac 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ mongoengine==0.10.6
 pycodestyle==2.0.0
 pyflakes==1.2.3
 pymongo==3.0.3
-requests==2.7.0
+requests==2.20.0
 six==1.9.0
 urllib3==1.12
 webassets==0.11.1