diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index da91502..9b476d7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ nose==1.3.7
 pbr==1.8.0
 pep8==1.6.2
 python-mimeparse==0.1.4
-requests==2.20.0
+requests==2.31.0
 six==1.9.0
 testtools==1.8.0
 traceback2==1.4.0