diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8e3e94383..2bace1171 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def convert_markdown_to_rst(file):
     packages=find_packages(),
     install_requires=[
         "certifi",  # we want the latest root certs for security
-        "requests==2.25.0",
+        "requests==2.28.2",
         "chardet==3.0.4",
         "idna==2.10",
         "Jinja2==2.11.2",