diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 8cdfdf5577..5071b487e7 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ python-gnupg==0.3.9
 python-magic==0.4.15
 pytz==2019.1
 
-requests==2.18.4
+requests==2.21.0
 
 sh==1.12.14
 swagger-spec-validator==2.4.3