diff --git a/kappa/requirements-dev.txt b/kappa/requirements-dev.txt
index e52dd46254de0369080fbd07c8349733565cc944..8e8c1fa210c0c231cafaa5957d34e13853bf8e2f 100644
--- a/kappa/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/kappa/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ coverage==4.1
 mock>=1.0.1
 nose==1.3.1
 python-coveralls==2.7.0
-requests==2.10.0
+requests==2.20.0
 sh==1.11
 tox==1.7.1