diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 479a21a..f67bee1 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pytest-cov==2.5.1
 pytest-timeout==1.2.0
 pytest==3.1.1
 pytz==2017.2
-requests==2.16.5
+requests==2.17.3
 six==1.10.0
 snowballstemmer==1.2.1
 sphinx==1.6.1