diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 89601ee6..77e32870 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ python-dateutil==2.6.0
 social-auth-core==1.7.0
 social-auth-app-django==2.1.0
 social-auth-steemconnect==0.0.3
-requests==2.11.1
+requests==2.20.0
 shortuuid==0.4.3
 six==1.10.0
 whitenoise==3.2.2