diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-requests/template b/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
index 7930742c20..823c954b87 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'python-requests'
 pkgname=python-requests
-version=2.6.2
+version=2.7.0
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="requests-${version}"
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/r/requests/requests-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=0577249d4b6c4b11fd97c28037e98664bfaa0559022fee7bcef6b752a106e505
+checksum=398a3db6d61899d25fd4a06c6ca12051b0ce171d705decd7ed5511517b4bb93d
 
 pre_build() {
 	# remove bundled cacerts