diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index c731ff628..fdd841eb7 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pre-commit==2.8.2
 
 lorem==0.1.1
 future==0.18.2
-requests==2.24.0
+requests==2.28.2
 argon2-cffi==20.1.0
 
 geopy==2.0.0