diff --git a/server/requirements-dev.txt b/server/requirements-dev.txt
index 3dd22043..4d15d39c 100644
--- a/server/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/server/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@ black
 bumpversion>=0.5
 parameterized>=0.7.0
 pytest>=3.6.3
-requests>=2.18.4
 twine>=1.12.1
 -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/server/requirements.txt b/server/requirements.txt
index ec853936..8fe7f400 100644
--- a/server/requirements.txt
+++ b/server/requirements.txt
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ scipy>=1.3.0
 tables==3.5.1
 # TEMP workaround for https://github.com/theislab/scanpy/issues/832 aka h5py regression
 h5py==2.9.0
+requests>=2.22.0