diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-requests/template b/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
index c49b366e07c..48a4151cae2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-requests/template
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'python-requests'
 pkgname=python-requests
-version=2.2.1
-revision=2
+version=2.3.0
+revision=1
 distfiles="https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/r/requests/requests-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum="1266921f1bed5fbf364cd83cf239b6d7b3ea5c32ccccbc93980d9ba12cdcfd02"
+checksum=1c1473875d846fe563d70868acf05b1953a4472f4695b7b3566d1d978957b8fc
 build_style="python-module"
 pycompile_module="requests"
 hostmakedepends="python-devel python-distribute"