diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4d2cf84..d786885 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 argparse==1.2.1
-requests==1.2.3
+requests==2.20.0
 wsgiref==0.1.2
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7c1a385..ae62af2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     ],
     install_requires=[
         'argparse==1.2.1',
-        'requests==1.2.3',
+        'requests==2.20.0',
         'wsgiref==0.1.2'
     ]
 )