diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 30e4281ce..ab158a07e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pep257==0.7.0
 pep8==1.7.0
 queuelib==1.4.2
 redis==2.10.5
-requests==2.13.0
+requests==2.16.0
 rq==0.5.6
 six==1.10.0
 Werkzeug==0.11.8