diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ef51bd6f7fa..fa2a7efd8d9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ django-environ==0.4.3
 django-redis==4.8.0
 pysolr==3.6.0
 redis==2.10.5
-requests==2.17.3
+requests==2.18.1
 uWSGI==2.0.15
 whitenoise==3.3.0