diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index c65fd335..94faa20c 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ testscenarios>=0.4
 testtools>=1.4.0
 unittest2
 pylint==1.4.4 # GNU GPL v2
-requests!=2.8.0,>=2.5.2
+requests>=2.8.1
 
 # Some of the tests use real MySQL and Postgres databases
 PyMySQL>=0.6.2 # MIT License