diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fb795dc37..e1724e1f6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -84,5 +84,5 @@ test = [
     "mock==4.0.2",
     "python-gitlab==2.10.1",
     # requirements for stuff in ./utils
-    "requests==2.26.0",
+    "requests==2.31.0",
 ]
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diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index e018be8c7..f071d0de2 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Flask-RESTful==0.3.9
 Flask-HTTPAuth==4.7.0
 hwi==2.1.1
 python-dotenv==0.13.0
-requests==2.26.0
+requests==2.31.0
 pysocks==1.7.1
 six==1.16.0
 stem==1.8.0