diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 72c4854..7350397 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ mongoengine==0.13.0
 oauthlib==2.0.2
 pymongo==3.5.0
 pytz==2017.2
-requests==2.18.3
+requests==2.20.0
 requests-oauthlib==0.8.0
 six==1.10.0
 tweepy==3.5.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9d1c559..dd3e475 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
             'oauthlib == 2.0.2',
             'pymongo == 3.5.0',
             'pytz == 2017.2',
-            'requests == 2.18.3',
+            'requests == 2.20.0',
             'requests-oauthlib == 0.8.0',
             'six == 1.10.0',
             'tweepy == 3.5.0',