diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2c39721..1199b74 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pytest==3.0.5
-requests==2.13.0
+requests==2.20.0
 datapackage
 -e git+http://github.com/CT-Data-Collaborative/pytest-ctdata-datapackage.git#egg=pytest-ctdata-datapackage
 -e git+http://github.com/CT-Data-Collaborative/ctdata-datapackage-publisher.git#egg=ctdata-datapackage-publisher