diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4f9f70fd..bb27e012 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ docutils==0.10
 feedgenerator==1.5
 pelican==3.2
 pytz==2012h
-requests==1.1.0
+requests==2.20.0
 six==1.3.0
 wsgiref==0.1.2