diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 38230cc..f973ed8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 lxml==4.5.2
 pandas==0.25.3
 ratelimit==2.2.1
-requests==2.22.0
+requests==2.31.0
 tqdm==4.11.2
 wget==3.2
 git+https://github.com/en-dash/PyBioC@a21bd181ce3b89de791db4bb7db6ca1c48167648
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