diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b2b1a9e..3534e6b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ decorator==4.0.10
 flake8==2.6.0
 logger==1.4
 numpy==1.11.0
-requests==2.1.0
+requests==2.20.0
 twisted==16.2.0
 urllib3==1.10.4
 git+https://github.com/couchbaselabs/python-dcp-client.git#egg=dcp-client
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 071a4a1..82f7e5f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         'decorator==4.0.10',
         'logger==1.4',
         'numpy==1.11.0',
-        'requests==2.1.0',
+        'requests==2.20.0',
         'urllib3==1.10.4',
         'twisted==16.2.0',
         'dcp-client'