diff --git a/python/requirements.txt b/python/requirements.txt
index ca08e00..54c7cce 100644
--- a/python/requirements.txt
+++ b/python/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ httplib2==0.9.1
 pbr==1.7.0
 pyOpenSSL==0.13.1
 pytz==2015.4
-requests==2.7.0
+requests==2.20.0
 six==1.9.0
 stevedore==1.8.0
 twilio==4.5.0