diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3019393..2cb470a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dnspython==2.0.0
 idna==2.10
 mysql-connector-python==8.0.22
 protobuf==3.13.0
-requests==2.24.0
+requests==2.26.0
 six==1.15.0
 urllib3==1.25.11
 PubChemPy==1.0.4