diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4527d11..d166408 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-requests==2.24.0
+requests==2.31.0
 Flask==1.1.2
 ply==3.11
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a88071f..aded7fb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       scripts=['./Scripts/create_rdfmts.py',
                './Scripts/restart_workers.sh'],
       packages=find_packages(),
-      install_requires=['requests==2.24.0',
+      install_requires=['requests==2.31.0',
                         'Flask==1.1.2',
                         'ply==3.11'],
       include_package_data=True,