diff --git a/requirements/pip.txt b/requirements/pip.txt
index 5afb155e8a6..e94471cf34b 100644
--- a/requirements/pip.txt
+++ b/requirements/pip.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ djangorestframework==3.5.4
 django-vanilla-views==1.0.4
 jsonfield==1.0.3
 
-requests==2.3.0
+requests==2.9.1
 slumber==0.7.1
 lxml==3.3.5
 defusedxml==0.5.0