diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 785f1ea..1d5537b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ requests-oauthlib==0.4.1
 six==1.6.1
 sorl-thumbnail==11.12.1b
 sqlparse==0.1.13
-urllib3==1.9.1
+urllib3==1.26.5
 wheel==0.24.0
 wsgiref==0.1.2
 yolk==0.4.3
diff --git a/requirements_local.txt b/requirements_local.txt
index 252fbad..1ae104f 100644
--- a/requirements_local.txt
+++ b/requirements_local.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ six==1.6.1
 sorl-thumbnail==11.12.1b0
 South==1.0
 sqlparse==0.1.13
-urllib3==1.9.1
+urllib3==1.26.5
 Werkzeug==0.11.1
 wheel==0.24.0
 Whoosh==2.5.7