diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 1609b47..b2f8d9e 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ requests-toolbelt==0.8.0
 six==1.11.0
 textblob==0.13.1
 tweepy==3.5.0
-urllib3==1.22
+urllib3==1.26.5
 Werkzeug==0.12.2
 zipcode==2.0.0
 gi==1.2