diff --git a/genewiki/requirements.txt b/genewiki/requirements.txt
index af1d096..08c89f1 100644
--- a/genewiki/requirements.txt
+++ b/genewiki/requirements.txt
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ South==1.0.2
 SPARQLWrapper==1.8.0
 sqlparse==0.2.3
 traitlets==4.3.2
-urllib3==1.20
+urllib3==1.26.5
 uWSGI==2.0.15
 vine==1.1.3
 wcwidth==0.1.7