diff --git a/cwl-requirements.txt b/cwl-requirements.txt
index f6025b2c..fc582c5c 100644
--- a/cwl-requirements.txt
+++ b/cwl-requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ luigi==2.2.0
 pyparsing==2.1.5
 python-daemon==2.1.1
 rdflib==4.2.1
-requests==2.10.0
+requests==2.20.0
 singledispatch==3.4.0.3
 six==1.10.0
 SPARQLWrapper==1.7.6
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a68019e2..99283067 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ MySQL-python==1.2.5
 pyparsing==2.1.5
 python-daemon==2.1.1
 rdflib==4.2.1
-requests==2.10.0
+requests==2.20.0
 singledispatch==3.4.0.3
 six==1.10.0
 SPARQLWrapper==1.7.6