diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7ada9ef..6c3606f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 jsonpath_rw==1.4
 nagiosplugin==1.2.4
 redis==2.10.6
-requests==2.18.4
+requests==2.20.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 73e76de..8790a56
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     'jsonpath_rw==1.4',
     'nagiosplugin==1.2.4',
     'redis==2.10.5',
-    'requests==2.9.1',
+    'requests==2.20.0',
 ]
 
 test_requirements = [