diff --git a/misc/requirements/requirements-pylint.txt b/misc/requirements/requirements-pylint.txt
index ae9caa0ae..44211d6d7 100644
--- a/misc/requirements/requirements-pylint.txt
+++ b/misc/requirements/requirements-pylint.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ lazy-object-proxy==1.3.1
 mccabe==0.6.1
 pylint==1.7.1
 ./scripts/dev/pylint_checkers
-requests==2.14.2
+requests==2.16.5
 uritemplate==3.0.0
 uritemplate.py==3.0.2
 wrapt==1.10.10