diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ce3d770..06d19be 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Flask==1.0.2
 simplejson==3.16.0
 python-dotenv==0.9.1
-requests==2.20.0
+requests==2.31.0
 gunicorn==19.9.0
 gevent==1.3.7
 biopython==1.75