diff --git a/src/requirements/production.txt b/src/requirements/production.txt
index a5fa84988..62ee33ff5 100644
--- a/src/requirements/production.txt
+++ b/src/requirements/production.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Django==2.2.*
 djangorestframework==3.9.*
 python-dateutil==2.8.*
+requests==2.21.0
 pytz
 django-bootstrap3==11.0.*
 django-formset-js-improved==0.5.0.2
@@ -53,7 +54,6 @@ pyuca  # for better sorting of country names in django-countries
 defusedcsv>=1.0.1
 vat_moss==0.11.0
 django-localflavor
-idna==2.6 # required by cureent requests
-urllib3==1.24.2 # required by cureent requests
+urllib3==1.24.*
 django-redis==4.10.*
 redis==3.2.*
diff --git a/src/setup.py b/src/setup.py
index 14cf1ddee..18dcffd9f 100644
--- a/src/setup.py
+++ b/src/setup.py
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ setup(
         'Django==2.2.*',
         'djangorestframework==3.9.*',
         'python-dateutil==2.8.*',
+        'requests==2.21.*',
         'pytz',
         'django-bootstrap3==11.0.*',
         'django-formset-js-improved==0.5.0.2',
@@ -140,8 +141,7 @@ setup(
         'openpyxl',
         'django-oauth-toolkit==1.2.*',
         'oauthlib==2.1.*',
-        'idna==2.6',  # required by current requests
-        'urllib3==1.24.2',  # required by current requests
+        'urllib3==1.24.*',  # required by current requests
     ],
     extras_require={
         'dev': [