diff --git a/api/requirements/base.txt b/api/requirements/base.txt
index ac698128b..f2ff57f95 100644
--- a/api/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/api/requirements/base.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ cryptography~=3.4.7
 # clone until the branch is merged and released upstream
 git+https://github.com/agateblue/requests-http-signature.git@signature-header-support
 django-cleanup~=5.2.0
-requests~=2.25.1
+requests~=2.26.0
 pyOpenSSL~=20.0.1
 
 # for LDAP authentication