diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a799e3f..6e31524 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ packaging==16.8
 pyparsing==2.1.10
 python-dateutil==2.6.0
 PyYAML==3.12
-requests==2.13.0
+requests==2.20.0
 -e git+https://github.com/EHRI/resync.git@ehribranch#egg=resync
 -e git+https://github.com/EHRI/rspub-core.git@master#egg=rspub-core
 six==1.10.0