diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b1b8292d..41d22d40 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ classifiers = [
 requires-python = ">=3.7"
 
 dependencies = [
-    "requests >= 2.4",
+    "requests >= 2.19",
     "dnspython >= 2.0",
     "beautifulsoup4 >= 4.8.1",
 ]
diff --git a/requirements-min.txt b/requirements-min.txt
index ce6b6701..b2b2f144 100644
--- a/requirements-min.txt
+++ b/requirements-min.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # required:
 beautifulsoup4 == 4.8.1
-requests == 2.4.0
+requests == 2.19.0
 dnspython == 2.0.0
 # optional:
 argcomplete == 1.8.1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b65656f9..c12f5530 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # required:
 beautifulsoup4 >= 4.8.1
-requests >= 2.4
+requests >= 2.19
 dnspython >= 2.0
 # optional:
 argcomplete >= 1.8.1