diff --git a/package/python-requests/python-requests.hash b/package/python-requests/python-requests.hash
index 1e4cbaff7b..1383e680d5 100644
--- a/package/python-requests/python-requests.hash
+++ b/package/python-requests/python-requests.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/requests/json
-md5  bcc01b73974a305cc7c5b092e7d07004  requests-2.27.1.tar.gz
-sha256  68d7c56fd5a8999887728ef304a6d12edc7be74f1cfa47714fc8b414525c9a61  requests-2.27.1.tar.gz
+md5  796ea875cdae283529c03b9203d9c454  requests-2.28.1.tar.gz
+sha256  7c5599b102feddaa661c826c56ab4fee28bfd17f5abca1ebbe3e7f19d7c97983  requests-2.28.1.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  09e8a9bcec8067104652c168685ab0931e7868f9c8284b66f5ae6edae5f1130b  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-requests/python-requests.mk b/package/python-requests/python-requests.mk
index 9613a2c47c..7a21cca52c 100644
--- a/package/python-requests/python-requests.mk
+++ b/package/python-requests/python-requests.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_REQUESTS_VERSION = 2.27.1
+PYTHON_REQUESTS_VERSION = 2.28.1
 PYTHON_REQUESTS_SOURCE = requests-$(PYTHON_REQUESTS_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_REQUESTS_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/60/f3/26ff3767f099b73e0efa138a9998da67890793bfa475d8278f84a30fec77
+PYTHON_REQUESTS_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/a5/61/a867851fd5ab77277495a8709ddda0861b28163c4613b011bc00228cc724
 PYTHON_REQUESTS_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_REQUESTS_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
 PYTHON_REQUESTS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE