diff --git a/pipenv/cli.py b/pipenv/cli.py
index 799dce50..4d00ac1e 100644
--- a/pipenv/cli.py
+++ b/pipenv/cli.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import tempfile
 from glob import glob
 import json as simplejson
 
-
+import urllib3
 import background
 import click
 import click_completion
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ if PIPENV_NOSPIN:
         yield
 
 # Disable warnings for Python 2.6.
-requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings(InsecureRequestWarning)
+urllib3.disable_warnings(InsecureRequestWarning)
 
 project = Project()
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a5b393b3..3db2fd4c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ required = [
     'pew>=0.1.26',
     'pip>=9.0.1',
     'pip-tools>=1.9.0',
-    'requests>2.0.0',
+    'requests>2.18.0',
     'flake8'
 ]