diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8a818dd..c9232ae 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 biopython==1.75
 PyMySQL==0.9.3
 bson==0.5.8
-requests==2.22.0
+requests==2.31.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index be9853e..7f83df4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     'biopython==1.75',
     'PyMySQL==0.9.3',
     'bson==0.5.8',
-    'requests==2.22.0'
+    'requests==2.31.0'
 ]
 
 test_requirements = [