diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index e4aeb95..276d228 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Flask==1.1.2
 Flask-RESTful==0.3.8
-requests==2.23.0
+requests==2.31.0
 us==2.0.2
 xmltodict==0.12.0