diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 289c1684c..e55f867b4
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ install_requires = [
     "boto>=2.36.0",
     "boto3>=1.2.1",
     "cookies",
-    "requests>=2.0",
+    "requests>=2.5",
     "xmltodict",
     "dicttoxml",
     "six",