diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 918f354..f351767 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
     description='Python interface for Myria.',
     long_description=open('README.md').read(),
     # last known good version before buggy dependency refactoring
-    setup_requires=["requests == 2.20.0"],
+    setup_requires=["requests == 2.31.0"],
     # see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18578439
     install_requires=["pip >= 1.5.6", "pyOpenSSL >= 0.14", "ndg-httpsclient",
-                      "pyasn1", "requests == 2.20.0", "requests_toolbelt",
+                      "pyasn1", "requests == 2.31.0", "requests_toolbelt",
                       "messytables", "unicodecsv", "raco >= 1.3.2",
                       "python-dateutil"],
     entry_points={