diff --git a/flaskBackend/requirements.txt b/flaskBackend/requirements.txt
index 31d6e6d..8397770 100644
--- a/flaskBackend/requirements.txt
+++ b/flaskBackend/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ nltk==3.8.1
 numpy==1.24.2
 pandas==1.5.3
 python-dotenv==1.0.0
-requests==2.28.2
+requests==2.31.0
 textblob==0.17.1
 transformers==4.26.1
 tweepy==4.12.1