diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ce83403..7b01611 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ python-dateutil==2.6.0
 PyYAML==3.12
 pyzmq==16.0.2
 qtconsole==4.3.0
-requests==2.13.0
+requests==2.20.0
 simplegeneric==0.8.1
 six==1.10.0
 terminado==0.6