diff --git a/phenobox/requirements.txt b/phenobox/requirements.txt
index 9967b6b..b0bc5da 100644
--- a/phenobox/requirements.txt
+++ b/phenobox/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ PyJWT==1.4.2
 Pillow==3.4.2
 gphoto2==1.5.1
 jsonpickle==0.9.3
-requests==2.4.3
+requests==2.20.0
 six==1.10.0
 transitions==0.4.2
 pyzbar==0.1.5