diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 53839d9e18..66a75c99ca 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ rauth~=0.7.3
 razorpay~=1.2.0
 redis~=3.5.3
 requests-oauthlib~=1.3.0
-requests~=2.25.1
+requests~=2.27.1
 RestrictedPython~=5.1
 rq~=1.10.1
 rsa>=4.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability