diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 663e8f4b..f4cf1531 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ruamel.yaml==0.16.12
 jinja2==3.0.3
 jsonref==0.2
 bidict==0.18.0
-requests==2.27.0    # version greater than this will require python >= 3.7
+requests==2.31.0    # version greater than this will require python >= 3.7
 requests_toolbelt==0.9.1
 docopt==0.6.2
 PTable==0.9.2