diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ac93f0e..8bc61d6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ docutils==0.8.1
 latimes-calculate==0.1.8
 python-coveralls==2.4.2
 python-dateutil==1.5
-requests==2.2.1
+requests==2.20.0
 sh==1.09
 six==1.6.1
 pep8