diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index eee71f7e1..9f04028f2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ netaddr>=0.7.6
 oslo.config>=1.4.0.0a3
 pbr>=0.6,!=0.7,<1.0
 PrettyTable>=0.7,<0.8
-requests>=1.1
+requests>=1.2.1
 six>=1.7.0
 stevedore>=0.14