diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7c5c1fd..51a7bbf 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 graphenelib==0.4.8
-requests==2.10.0
+requests==2.20.0
 scrypt==0.7.1
 ecdsa==0.13
 websockets
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9dfe9f1..d2f1cbc 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ def run_tests(self):
     ],
     packages=find_packages(exclude=(TESTS_DIRECTORY,)),
     install_requires=[
-        "graphenelib==0.4.8", "requests==2.10.0",
+        "graphenelib==0.4.8", "requests==2.20.0",
         "scrypt==0.7.1", "ecdsa==0.13", "websockets"
         # your module dependencies
     ] + python_version_specific_requires,