diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a952e58..0e1adb7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools import find_packages
 
 __author__ = 'Ryan McGrath <ryan@venodesigns.net>'
-__version__ = '2.3.4'
+__version__ = '2.4.0'
 
 setup(
     # Basic package information.
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ setup(
     include_package_data=True,
 
     # Package dependencies.
-    install_requires=['simplejson', 'requests>=0.13.4'],
+    install_requires=['simplejson', 'requests>=0.13.9'],
 
     # Metadata for PyPI.
     author='Ryan McGrath',
diff --git a/twython/twython.py b/twython/twython.py
index 3adb6a6..3fa2b5d 100644
--- a/twython/twython.py
+++ b/twython/twython.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 """
 
 __author__ = "Ryan McGrath <ryan@venodesigns.net>"
-__version__ = "2.3.4"
+__version__ = "2.4.0"
 
 import urllib
 import re