diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 876338e3c..dc205e227 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ pydocstyle==2.0.0
 mypy==0.520
 
 # to fix connection issues
-PyOpenSSL==17.1.0; python_version <= '2.7'
+PyOpenSSL==17.2.0; python_version <= '2.7'