diff --git a/req.txt b/req.txt
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 212e83f..efe8a9f
--- a/req.txt
+++ b/req.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ pyOpenSSL==16.2.0
 pyserial==3.2.1
 pyxdg==0.25
 rainbowhat==0.0.2
-requests==2.12.4
+requests==2.20.0
 requests-oauthlib==0.7.0
 RPi.GPIO==0.6.3
 RTIMULib==7.2.1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 836d48f..783022c
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pyxdg==0.25
 PyYAML==3.12
 query-string==0.0.28
 request==0.0.26
-requests==2.12.4
+requests==2.20.0
 RPi.GPIO==0.6.3
 SecretStorage==2.3.1
 six==1.10.0