diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9eff657..89c2434 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ requests==2.17.3
 requests-oauthlib==0.8.0
 six==1.10.0
 tweepy==3.5.0
-urllib3==1.21.1
+urllib3==1.24.2
 xkcd==2.4.2
 yarg==0.1.9