diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2e901fd..b07bfb4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 argparse==1.2.1
 click==5.1
-requests==2.7.0
+requests==2.20.0
 wsgiref==0.1.2
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9135bb0..5f1a6a9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     packages=['challenges'],
     install_requires=[
         "click>=5.0",
-        "requests==2.7.0"
+        "requests==2.20.0"
     ] + (["colorama==0.3.3"] if "win" in sys.platform else []),
     entry_points = {
         'console_scripts': [