diff --git a/python/requirements-catalyst.txt b/python/requirements-catalyst.txt
index 37d7407..e82bd95 100644
--- a/python/requirements-catalyst.txt
+++ b/python/requirements-catalyst.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 rdflib==4.2.0
 Flask==0.10.1
 Flask-Cors==1.10.0
-requests==2.2.1
+requests==2.20.0
 networkx==1.8.1
 python-louvain==0.3
 simplejson==3.6.4
diff --git a/python/requirements.txt b/python/requirements.txt
index 37d7407..e82bd95 100644
--- a/python/requirements.txt
+++ b/python/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 rdflib==4.2.0
 Flask==0.10.1
 Flask-Cors==1.10.0
-requests==2.2.1
+requests==2.20.0
 networkx==1.8.1
 python-louvain==0.3
 simplejson==3.6.4