diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index afd74a5..85ff924 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.5",
-        "rmccue/requests": ">=1.0"
+        "rmccue/requests": ">=1.7.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "~4.8.35 || ^5.7 || ^6.4",