diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f2293605..f9f5cd88 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-requests
+requests>=2.11.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 54042752..8299811d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ setup(
     license="GPLv2",
     python_requires=">=3.4",
     install_requires=[
-        "requests >= 2.4.2",
+        "requests>=2.11.0",
     ],
     packages=[
         "gallery_dl",