diff --git a/ibm-recommender/requirements.txt b/ibm-recommender/requirements.txt
index 591d78f..b58dfa6 100644
--- a/ibm-recommender/requirements.txt
+++ b/ibm-recommender/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ boto==2.48.0
 boto3==1.7.24
 botocore==1.10.24
 bz2file==0.98
-certifi==2018.4.16
+certifi==2022.12.7
 chardet==3.0.4
 click==6.7
 colorama==0.3.9