diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 43f632a..906b3d5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ path.py==8.1.2
 pexpect==4.0.1
 pickleshare==0.5
 ptyprocess==0.5
-requests==2.8.0
+requests==2.20.0
 simplegeneric==0.8.1
 traitlets==4.0.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 09e2d33..3aee906 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     long_description=README,
     author='Mohamed Daif',
     author_email='mohamed@daif.me',
-    install_requires = ['requests==2.8.0'],
+    install_requires = ['requests==2.20.0'],
     classifiers=[
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',