diff --git a/etc/requirements_dev.txt b/etc/requirements_dev.txt
index 951cb229..c0619882 100644
--- a/etc/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/etc/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ nosexcover==1.0.7
 coverage==3.5.3
 
 # Fetching sample data
-requests==0.14.2
+requests==1.0.0
 
 # Linting