diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 00d885e..c7a01fe 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ matplotlib==3.2.1
 XlsxWriter==1.2.8
 ibm-watson==5.1.0
 numpy==1.20.3
-requests==2.26
+requests==2.31.0
 scikit-learn>=0.21.3
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0174cb0..288301c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         'XlsxWriter==1.2.8',
         'ibm-watson==5.1.0',
         'numpy==1.20.3',
-        'requests==2.26'
+        'requests==2.31.0'
     ],
 
     zip_safe=False,