diff --git a/extensions/addons/cogs/otheraddons.py b/extensions/addons/cogs/otheraddons.py
index 56208de..f4c7340 100644
--- a/extensions/addons/cogs/otheraddons.py
+++ b/extensions/addons/cogs/otheraddons.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import json  # to read API json responses
-import requests  # to read api calls
 
+import aiohttp
 import discord
 import discord.app_commands as app_commands
 import discord.ext.commands as commands
@@ -297,11 +297,8 @@ async def convert_unit(
                 "appid": itx.client.api_tokens['Open Exchange Rates'],
                 "show_alternative": "true",
             }
-            response_api = requests.get(
-                "https://openexchangerates.org/api/latest.json",
-                params=params
-            ).text
-            data = json.loads(response_api)
+            async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as client, client.get("https://openexchangerates.org/api/latest.json", params=params) as response:
+                data = await response.json()
             if data.get("error", 0):
                 await itx.response.send_message(
                     "I'm sorry, something went wrong while trying to get "
diff --git a/extensions/addons/cogs/searchaddons.py b/extensions/addons/cogs/searchaddons.py
index a621140..e823df9 100644
--- a/extensions/addons/cogs/searchaddons.py
+++ b/extensions/addons/cogs/searchaddons.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import json  # to read API json responses
 
-import requests  # to read api calls
+import aiohttp # to read api calls
+import aiohttp.client_exceptions
 
 import discord
 import discord.app_commands as app_commands
@@ -375,11 +376,8 @@ async def equaldex(self, itx: discord.Interaction[Bot], country_id: str):
             "apiKey": equaldex_key,
             # "formatted": "true",
         }
-        response = requests.get(
-            "https://www.equaldex.com/api/region",
-            params=querystring
-        )
-        response_api = response.text
+        async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as client, client.get("https://www.equaldex.com/api/region", params=querystring) as response:
+            response_api = await response.text()
         # returns ->  <pre>{"regions":{...}}</pre>  <- so you need to
         #  remove the <pre> and </pre> parts. It also has some
         #  <br \/>\r\n strings in there for some reason...? so uh
@@ -505,11 +503,9 @@ async def math(self, itx: discord.Interaction[Bot], query: str):
             "output": "json",
         }
         try:
-            api_response: WolframResult = requests.get(
-                "https://api.wolframalpha.com/v2/query",
-                params=params
-            ).json()
-        except requests.exceptions.JSONDecodeError:
+            async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as client, client.get("https://api.wolframalpha.com/v2/query", params=params) as response:
+                api_response: WolframResult = await response.json()
+        except (aiohttp.client_exceptions.ContentTypeError, json.JSONDecodeError):
             await itx.followup.send(
                 "Your input gave a malformed result! Perhaps it took "
                 "too long to calculate...",
diff --git a/extensions/staffaddons/cogs/staffaddons.py b/extensions/staffaddons/cogs/staffaddons.py
index 9f30a5f..e142663 100644
--- a/extensions/staffaddons/cogs/staffaddons.py
+++ b/extensions/staffaddons/cogs/staffaddons.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 # ^ for /delete_week_selfies (within 7 days), and /version startup
 #  time parsing to discord unix <t:1234:F>
-import requests
-# to fetch from GitHub and see Rina is running the latest version
+import aiohttp # to fetch from GitHub and see Rina is running the latest version
 
 import discord
 import discord.app_commands as app_commands
@@ -171,9 +170,8 @@ async def delete_week_selfies(self, itx: discord.Interaction[Bot]):
     async def get_bot_version(self, itx: discord.Interaction[Bot]):
         # get most recently pushed bot version
         # noinspection LongLine
-        latest_rina = requests.get(
-            "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TransPlace-Devs/uncute-rina/main/main.py"  # noqa
-        ).text
+        async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as client, client.get("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TransPlace-Devs/uncute-rina/main/main.py") as response:
+            latest_rina = await response.text()
         latest_version = (latest_rina
                           .split("BOT_VERSION = \"", 1)[1]
                           .split("\"", 1)[0])
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3af5c74..7e4187d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@ pymongo>=4.14.0
 pandas>=2.3.1
 apscheduler>=3.11.0
 matplotlib>=3.10.5
-requests>=2.32.3
 pytest>=8.4.1
 aiohttp>=3.12.15