diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 73cb5e79f4a..bb143223560 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ redis==2.10.5             # via rq
 repoze.lru==0.6           # via routes
 repoze.who-friendlyform==1.0.8
 repoze.who==2.3
-requests==2.11.1
+requests==2.20
 Routes==1.13              # via pylons
 rq==0.6.0
 simplejson==3.8.2         # via pylons