diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0fb73bea40..e2c10c710c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ python-etcd==0.4.5
 pyyaml==3.11
 # note: requests is also used in many checks
 # upgrade with caution
-requests==2.11.1
+requests==2.20
 # note: simplejson is used in many checks to inteface APIs
 simplejson==3.6.5
 supervisor==3.3.0