diff --git a/docs/shared/requirements.txt b/docs/shared/requirements.txt
index 23c6dbfdfd01..88e6e34af870 100644
--- a/docs/shared/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/shared/requirements.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ python-memcached==1.48
 python-openid==2.2.5
 pytz==2012h
 PyYAML==3.10
-requests==1.2.3
+requests==2.0.0
 Shapely==1.2.16
 sorl-thumbnail==11.12
 South==0.7.6
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index 62515f74450c..7274ca96651a 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ python-memcached==1.48
 python-openid==2.2.5
 pytz==2012h
 PyYAML==3.10
-requests==1.2.3
+requests==2.0.0
 scipy==0.11.0
 Shapely==1.2.16
 sorl-thumbnail==11.12