diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-requests_2.5.1.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-requests_2.7.0.bb
similarity index 56%
rename from meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-requests_2.5.1.bb
rename to meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-requests_2.7.0.bb
index b719dca8d3..1564d50a85 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-requests_2.5.1.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-requests_2.7.0.bb
@@ -2,15 +2,14 @@ DESCRIPTION = "Python HTTP for Humans."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://python-requests.org"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=c7869e52c8275537186de35e3cd5f9ec"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=58c7e163c9f8ee037246da101c6afd1e"
 
-PR = "r0"
 SRCNAME = "requests"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/r/${SRCNAME}/${SRCNAME}-${PV}.tar.gz"
 
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "c270eb5551a02e8ab7a4cbb83e22af2e"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "7b7735efd3b1e2323dc9fcef060b380d05f5f18bd0f247f5e9e74a628279de66"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "29b173fd5fa572ec0764d1fd7b527260"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "398a3db6d61899d25fd4a06c6ca12051b0ce171d705decd7ed5511517b4bb93d"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/${SRCNAME}-${PV}"