diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 28fed1f..f0d9d25 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 nose==1.3.7
-requests==2.24.0
+requests==2.31.0
 vcrpy==4.1.0
 inflect==4.1.0
 treelib==1.6.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d8d0575..843b96a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def read(*names, **kwargs):
         'litmos', 'API'
     ],
     install_requires=[
-        'requests==2.24.0', 'inflect==4.1.0', 'treelib==1.6.1'
+        'requests==2.31.0', 'inflect==4.1.0', 'treelib==1.6.1'
     ],
     extras_require={
         # eg: