diff --git a/requirements-py3.txt b/requirements-py3.txt
index 82aa09459..d5aa7d08d 100644
--- a/requirements-py3.txt
+++ b/requirements-py3.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ python-novaclient>=2.18.0
 python-swiftclient>=2.2.0
 pytz
 PyYAML>=3.1.0
-requests>=1.2.1,!=2.4.0
+requests>=2.2.0,!=2.4.0
 six>=1.7.0
 SQLAlchemy>=0.8.4,<=0.8.99,>=0.9.7,<=0.9.99
 sqlalchemy-migrate>=0.9.1,!=0.9.2
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 52ea22bc9..720849b3b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ python-novaclient>=2.18.0
 python-swiftclient>=2.2.0
 pytz
 PyYAML>=3.1.0
-requests>=1.2.1,!=2.4.0
+requests>=2.2.0,!=2.4.0
 six>=1.7.0
 SQLAlchemy>=0.8.4,<=0.8.99,>=0.9.7,<=0.9.99
 sqlalchemy-migrate>=0.9.1,!=0.9.2