diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/tools/pip-requires
index 0828a0fb0e..c050db1bd6 100644
--- a/tools/pip-requires
+++ b/tools/pip-requires
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ pytz
 pyudev
 pyyaml>=3.1.0
 qpid-python
-requests>=0.8
+requests>=1.1
 routes>=1.12.3
 rtslib>=2.1.fb27
 setuptools_git>=0.4