diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index d395aa423a2..e0158166eca 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ python-dateutil>=1.5.0,<2.0.0
 pyutilib.component.core==4.5.3
 repoze.who-friendlyform==1.0.8
 repoze.who==2.0
-requests==2.3.0
+requests==2.7.0
 Routes==1.13
 solrpy==0.9.5
 sqlalchemy-migrate==0.9.1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7e3043640a1..cb693e702ec 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pyutilib.component.core==4.5.3
 repoze.lru==0.6
 repoze.who==2.0
 repoze.who-friendlyform==1.0.8
-requests==2.3.0
+requests==2.7.0
 simplejson==3.3.1
 six==1.7.3
 solrpy==0.9.5