diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests/default.nix
index be996151f984..b87be59bad86 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
-, pythonOlder
-, brotli
 , brotlicffi
 , buildPythonPackage
 , certifi
@@ -9,24 +7,22 @@
 , charset-normalizer
 , fetchPypi
 , idna
-, isPy27
-, isPy3k
 , pysocks
 , pytest-mock
 , pytest-xdist
 , pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
 , urllib3
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "requests";
-  version = "2.27.1";
-
+  version = "2.28.0";
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-aNfFb9WomZiHco7zBKbRLtx7508c+kdxT8i0FFJcmmE=";
+    hash = "sha256-1WhyOn69JYddjR6vXfoGjNL8gZSy5IPXsffIGRjb7Gs=";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -59,9 +55,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ]
   ++ passthru.optional-dependencies.socks;
 
-  # AttributeError: 'KeywordMapping' object has no attribute 'get'
-  doCheck = !isPy27;
-
   disabledTests = [
     # Disable tests that require network access and use httpbin
     "requests.api.request"