diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 97687b54..18f626aa 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ cliff>=1.6.0
 jsonschema>=2.0.0,<3.0.0
 pbr>=0.6,!=0.7,<1.0
 python-keystoneclient>=0.10.0
-requests>=1.1
+requests>=1.2.1
 six>=1.7.0
 stevedore>=0.14