diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 960eac4..cf8e3eb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ pytest-cov==2.5.1
 pytest-mock==1.6.0
 pytest-pylint==0.7.1
 pytz==2017.2
-requests==2.17.3
+requests==2.20.0
 simplegeneric==0.8.1
 six==1.10.0
 traitlets==4.3.2