diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7d5a3ff..83c5fb9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-requests==2.20.0
+requests==2.31.0
 six==1.11.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f9e3267..da969b2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     url="http://github.com/yakupadakli/restcountries.git",
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests"]),
     install_requires=[
-        "requests==2.20.0",
+        "requests==2.31.0",
         "six==1.11.0",
     ],
     keywords="restcountries library countries",