diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a8614bcb..b2e1c741 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ oslo.i18n>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.utils>=2.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-keystoneclient!=1.8.0,>=1.6.0
 python-openstackclient>=1.5.0
-requests!=2.8.0,>=2.5.2
+requests>=2.8.1
 six>=1.9.0
 PrettyTable<0.8,>=0.7
 argparse