diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index bd1f26c..50728d2 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ universal = 1
 requires-dist = 
     praw>=3.5,<4
     six
-    requests
+    requests>=2.4.0
     kitchen
     beautifulsoup4
     mailcap-fix
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6e8a78e..b32de65 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ setuptools.setup(
     install_requires=[
         'praw >=3.5, <4',
         'six',
-        'requests',
+        'requests >=2.4.0',
         'kitchen',
         'beautifulsoup4',
         'mailcap-fix',