diff --git a/python/python-requests/python-requests.SlackBuild b/python/python-requests/python-requests.SlackBuild
index 6ef101688d..d255288ce4 100644
--- a/python/python-requests/python-requests.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/python-requests/python-requests.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=python-requests
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.7.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.8.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/python/python-requests/python-requests.info b/python/python-requests/python-requests.info
index 693b34de0f..ae25a1cbe9 100644
--- a/python/python-requests/python-requests.info
+++ b/python/python-requests/python-requests.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="python-requests"
-VERSION="2.7.0"
+VERSION="2.8.1"
 HOMEPAGE="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/requests"
-DOWNLOAD="http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/r/requests/requests-2.7.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="29b173fd5fa572ec0764d1fd7b527260"
+DOWNLOAD="http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/r/requests/requests-2.8.1.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="a27ea3d72d7822906ddce5e252d6add9"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""