diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index d4d88899e0..63f91e1a84 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ rax-default-network-flags-python-novaclient-ext==0.3.2
 rax-scheduled-images-python-novaclient-ext==0.3.1
 redis==2.10.3
 requests-oauthlib==0.5.0
-requests==2.5.1
+requests==2.9.1
 requestsexceptions==1.1.1
 shade==1.4.0
 simplejson==3.8.1