diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index afc472c..9d27407 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 mock==1.0.1
 nose2==0.5.0
-requests >= 2.6.0, < 3.0.0
+requests >= 2.25.0, < 3.0.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4836eb3..2e4014c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='splunk_handler',
-    version='3.0.0',
+    version='3.0.1',
     license='MIT License',
     description='A Python logging handler that sends your logs to Splunk',
     long_description=open('README.md').read(),
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     author_email='ztaylor234@gmail.com',
     url='https://github.com/zach-taylor/splunk_handler',
     packages=['splunk_handler'],
-    install_requires=['requests >= 2.6.0, < 3.0.0'],
+    install_requires=['requests >= 2.25.0, < 3.0.0'],
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',