diff --git a/common/djangoapps/terrain/browser.py b/common/djangoapps/terrain/browser.py
index 498197b590..a554a34f19 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/terrain/browser.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/terrain/browser.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from django.core.management import call_command
 from django.conf import settings
 from selenium.common.exceptions import WebDriverException
 from selenium.webdriver.common.desired_capabilities import DesiredCapabilities
-from requests import put
+import requests
 from base64 import encodestring
 from json import dumps
 
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ def set_job_status(jobid, passed=True):
     """
     Sets the job status on sauce labs
     """
-    body_content = dumps({"passed": passed})
     config = get_username_and_key()
+    url = 'http://saucelabs.com/rest/v1/{}/jobs/{}'.format(config['username'], world.jobid)
+    body_content = dumps({"passed": passed})
     base64string = encodestring('{}:{}'.format(config['username'], config['access-key']))[:-1]
-    result = put('http://saucelabs.com/rest/v1/{}/jobs/{}'.format(config['username'], world.jobid),
-        data=body_content,
-        headers={"Authorization": "Basic {}".format(base64string)})
+    headers = {"Authorization": "Basic {}".format(base64string)}
+    result = requests.put(url, data=body_content, headers=headers)
     return result.status_code == 200
 
 
diff --git a/common/lib/capa/capa/xqueue_interface.py b/common/lib/capa/capa/xqueue_interface.py
index 4da8e11d53..81a221961d 100644
--- a/common/lib/capa/capa/xqueue_interface.py
+++ b/common/lib/capa/capa/xqueue_interface.py
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ class XQueueInterface(object):
     def __init__(self, url, django_auth, requests_auth=None):
         self.url = url
         self.auth = django_auth
-        self.session = requests.session(auth=requests_auth)
+        self.session = requests.Session()
+        self.session.auth = requests_auth
 
     def send_to_queue(self, header, body, files_to_upload=None):
         """
diff --git a/common/lib/sample-post.py b/common/lib/sample-post.py
index a4985689bf..d035d40709 100644
--- a/common/lib/sample-post.py
+++ b/common/lib/sample-post.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ username = prompt('username on server', 'victor@edx.org')
 password = prompt('password', 'abc123', safe=True)
 
 print "get csrf cookie"
-session = requests.session()
+session = requests.Session()
 r = session.get(server + '/')
 r.raise_for_status()
 
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/open_ended_grading_classes/grading_service_module.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/open_ended_grading_classes/grading_service_module.py
index 4c6a79a5f1..3a107d51c1 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/open_ended_grading_classes/grading_service_module.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/open_ended_grading_classes/grading_service_module.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class GradingService(object):
     def __init__(self, config):
         self.username = config['username']
         self.password = config['password']
-        self.session = requests.session()
+        self.session = requests.Session()
         self.system = config['system']
 
     def _login(self):
diff --git a/docs/shared/requirements.txt b/docs/shared/requirements.txt
index 7dc7da8a75..6504319c0d 100644
--- a/docs/shared/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/shared/requirements.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ python-memcached==1.48
 python-openid==2.2.5
 pytz==2012h
 PyYAML==3.10
-requests==0.14.2
+requests==1.2.3
 Shapely==1.2.16
 sorl-thumbnail==11.12
 South==0.7.6
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/mock_youtube_server/mock_youtube_server.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/mock_youtube_server/mock_youtube_server.py
index 46b269dda6..16ab36b6f7 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/mock_youtube_server/mock_youtube_server.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/mock_youtube_server/mock_youtube_server.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from BaseHTTPServer import HTTPServer, BaseHTTPRequestHandler
 import urlparse
-from requests.packages.oauthlib.oauth1.rfc5849 import signature
 import mock
 import threading
 import json
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/instructor/tests/test_api.py b/lms/djangoapps/instructor/tests/test_api.py
index 7d55b001d0..cd0b230423 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/instructor/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/instructor/tests/test_api.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Unit tests for instructor.api methods.
 # pylint: disable=E1111
 import unittest
 import json
+import requests
 from urllib import quote
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.test import TestCase
@@ -756,7 +757,7 @@ class TestInstructorAPIAnalyticsProxy(ModuleStoreTestCase, LoginEnrollmentTestCa
     class FakeProxyResponse(object):
         """ Fake successful requests response object. """
         def __init__(self):
-            self.status_code = instructor.views.api.codes.OK
+            self.status_code = requests.status_codes.codes.OK
             self.content = '{"test_content": "robot test content"}'
 
     class FakeBadProxyResponse(object):
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/api.py b/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/api.py
index e5498585a3..2fcc953e52 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/api.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/api.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ Many of these GETs may become PUTs in the future.
 import re
 import logging
 import requests
-from requests.status_codes import codes
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from django.conf import settings
 from django_future.csrf import ensure_csrf_cookie
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index 77fbe40ecc..61c98bf419 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ python-memcached==1.48
 python-openid==2.2.5
 pytz==2012h
 PyYAML==3.10
-requests==0.14.2
+requests==1.2.3
 scipy==0.11.0
 Shapely==1.2.16
 sorl-thumbnail==11.12