diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 88dd885..650d0e0 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ lxml==3.8.0
 podgen==1.0.0
 python-dateutil==2.6.1
 pytz==2017.2
-requests==2.18.1
+requests>=2.18.1
 six==1.10.0
 sqlparse==0.2.3
 tinytag==0.18.0
-urllib3==1.21.1
+urllib3>=1.24.2
diff --git a/requirements_prod.txt b/requirements_prod.txt
index 08a0c48..c852a76 100644
--- a/requirements_prod.txt
+++ b/requirements_prod.txt
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ requests==2.18.1
 six==1.10.0
 sqlparse==0.2.3
 tinytag==0.18.0
-urllib3==1.21.1
-mysqlclient==1.3.10
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+urllib3>=1.24.2
+mysqlclient==1.3.10