diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2f6bea52de9cd686fbdc7a7a3527940ecf97ea36..f3e4750e82bbd78860fb3189f3b5fc250da09081 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ setup(name="microservices",
       platforms = ["any"],
       license = "BSD",
       packages = find_packages(),
-      install_requires = ["Flask==0.10.1", "requests==2.5.1", "wsgiref==0.1.2" ],
+      install_requires = ["Flask==0.10.1", "requests==2.20.0", "wsgiref==0.1.2" ],
       )