diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 6ce8c93d..73309633 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ pyasn1-modules==0.2.1
 python-dateutil==2.6.1
 pytz==2018.3
 PyYAML==3.12
-requests==2.9.1
+requests==2.20.0
 rsa==3.4.2
 s3transfer==0.1.13
 selenium==3.11.0