diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7f61b795..dad4a78d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ flask-talisman==1.0.0
 gunicorn==20.1.0
 pycodestyle==2.10.0
 pydocstyle==6.3.0
-requests==2.28.2
+requests==2.31.0
 Sphinx==6.1.3
 Werkzeug==2.2.3
 setuptools>=65.5.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability