diff --git a/api/requirements/base.txt b/api/requirements/base.txt
index 35d71c276..a9217e6fd 100644
--- a/api/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/api/requirements/base.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ cryptography~=2.9.0
 # clone until the branch is merged and released upstream
 git+https://github.com/agateblue/requests-http-signature.git@signature-header-support
 django-cleanup~=5.0.0
-requests~=2.24.0
+requests~=2.25.1
 pyOpenSSL~=19.1.0
 
 # for LDAP authentication