diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ef56334..e379ac3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ mock==2.0.0
 nameparser==0.5.6
 nose==1.3.7
 pytz==2018.3
-requests==2.20.0
+requests==2.31.0
 six==1.11.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e192079..38596e8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     long_description=open('./README.rst').read(),
     install_requires=[
         'nameparser==0.5.6',
-        'requests==2.20.0',
+        'requests==2.31.0',
         'beautifulsoup4==4.6.0',
         'html5lib==1.0.1'
     ]