diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5d2a12c..a2e38cd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-requests==2.2.1
+requests==2.31.0
 pytz==2015.4
 goslate==1.4.0
 PIL==1.1.7
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c731c53..9f97de2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   keywords = ['priest', 'automated-wishes'], 
   license='MIT',
   install_requires=[
-  'requests==2.2.1',
+  'requests==2.31.0',
   'pytz==2015.4',
   'goslate==1.4.0'
   ]