diff --git a/requirements-pinned.txt b/requirements-pinned.txt
index 14b45d4b90..d6c92dcdac 100644
--- a/requirements-pinned.txt
+++ b/requirements-pinned.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ iso8601==0.1.12
 pycparser==2.19           # via cffi
 pynacl==1.3.0             # via securesystemslib
 python-dateutil==2.8.1    # via securesystemslib
-requests==2.22.0
+requests==2.23.0
 securesystemslib[colors,crypto,pynacl]==0.14.0
 six==1.14.0
 subprocess32==3.5.4       ; python_version < '3' # via securesystemslib