diff --git a/airbrake/__about__.py b/airbrake/__about__.py
index 739fadf..79384d8 100644
--- a/airbrake/__about__.py
+++ b/airbrake/__about__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 __summary__ = 'Python SDK for airbrake.io'
 __author__ = 'BK Box, Sam Stavinoha'
 __email__ = 'samuel.stavinoha@rackspace.com'
-__version__ = '2.1.0'
+__version__ = '2.1.1'
 __keywords__ = ['airbrake', 'exceptions', 'airbrake.io']
 __license__ = 'Apache License, Version 2.0'
 __url__ = 'https://github.com/airbrake/airbrake-python'
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 99da7b1..111f18b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-requests==2.8.1
+requests>=2.20.0