diff --git a/self-paced-labs/cloud-hero/authenticating-users/requirements.txt b/self-paced-labs/cloud-hero/authenticating-users/requirements.txt
index b754d36e..b21a4806 100644
--- a/self-paced-labs/cloud-hero/authenticating-users/requirements.txt
+++ b/self-paced-labs/cloud-hero/authenticating-users/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 Flask==1.1.1
 cryptography==2.8
 python-jose[cryptography]==3.0.1
-requests==2.22.0
+requests==2.31.0
 # [END getting_started_requirements]
diff --git a/self-paced-labs/cloud-hero/optional-kubernetes-engine/requirements-dev.txt b/self-paced-labs/cloud-hero/optional-kubernetes-engine/requirements-dev.txt
index 3118b924..144bf45f 100644
--- a/self-paced-labs/cloud-hero/optional-kubernetes-engine/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/self-paced-labs/cloud-hero/optional-kubernetes-engine/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ flaky==3.4.0
 pytest==4.0.1
 pytest-cov==2.6.0
 BeautifulSoup4==4.6.3
-requests==2.20.1
+requests==2.31.0
 retrying==1.3.3
diff --git a/self-paced-labs/cloud-hero/requirements.txt b/self-paced-labs/cloud-hero/requirements.txt
index e8216097..dccbf590 100644
--- a/self-paced-labs/cloud-hero/requirements.txt
+++ b/self-paced-labs/cloud-hero/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 flake8==3.7.9
 nox==2019.11.9
 pytest==3.10.1
-requests==2.22.0
+requests==2.31.0