diff --git a/packages-python/cactus_validator_socketio_indy/setup.py b/packages-python/cactus_validator_socketio_indy/setup.py
index 8dccea8e699..57a192e6120 100644
--- a/packages-python/cactus_validator_socketio_indy/setup.py
+++ b/packages-python/cactus_validator_socketio_indy/setup.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
         'python-socketio==5.5.0',
         'python3-indy==1.16.0',
         'PyYAML==5.4.1',
-        'requests==2.26.0',
+        'requests==2.31.0',
         'six==1.16.0',
         'urllib3==1.26.6',
         'websocket==0.2.1',
diff --git a/packages-python/cactus_validator_socketio_indy/validator-python/requirements.txt b/packages-python/cactus_validator_socketio_indy/validator-python/requirements.txt
index 6276d79f946..d2d3bf64b68 100644
--- a/packages-python/cactus_validator_socketio_indy/validator-python/requirements.txt
+++ b/packages-python/cactus_validator_socketio_indy/validator-python/requirements.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ python-engineio==4.3.0
 python-socketio==5.5.0
 python3-indy==1.16.0
 PyYAML==5.4.1
-requests==2.26.0
+requests==2.31.0
 six==1.16.0
 urllib3==1.26.6
 websocket==0.2.1