diff --git a/versions.cfg b/versions.cfg
index 7f173490..ef808228 100644
--- a/versions.cfg
+++ b/versions.cfg
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ plone.testing = 4.0.8
 pyflakes = 0.7.3
 pytz = 2013b
 pyyaml = 3.10
-requests = 2.2.0
+requests = 2.5.3
 robotframework-debuglibrary = 0.3
 robotframework-httplibrary = 0.4.2
 robotframework-selenium2library = 1.5.0