diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 55f6254..ee7fb4a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-requests==2.20.1
+requests==2.31.0
 pytest==4.0.1
 twine==1.12.1
 bumpversion==0.5.3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7d1359c..3d0df7a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     packages=["swc_registry"],
     include_package_data=True,
-    install_requires=["requests==2.20.1"],
+    install_requires=["requests==2.31.0"],
     classifiers=[
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",