diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a27ec9c..fe05fc7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     package_dir={ 'wegene': 'wegene' },
     packages=find_packages(),
     install_requires=[
-        "requests==2.21.0",
+        "requests==2.31.0",
         "jsonpickle==0.7.1",
     ],
     long_description=long_description,