diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 248e520..5b077fd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pkginfo==1.3.2
 py==1.4.31
 pytest==3.0.3
 pytest-cov==2.4.0
-requests==2.11.1
+requests==2.20.0
 requests-toolbelt==0.7.0
 six==1.10.0
 twine==1.8.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1099fe4..2f92ede 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     # your project is installed. For an analysis of "install_requires" vs pip's
     # requirements files see:
     # https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/requirements.html
-    install_requires=['requests==2.11.1', 'future==0.15.2'],
+    install_requires=['requests==2.20.0', 'future==0.15.2'],
 
     # List additional groups of dependencies here (e.g. development
     # dependencies). You can install these using the following syntax,