How to make sure certifi python package is up to date

Question

In python's requests module documentation, I find this important recommendation:

For the sake of security we recommend upgrading certifi frequently!

Q: How can I make sure that my system's certifi is up to date?

Not sure if it gets automatically downloaded with the requests module which I installed using pip3? But I tried to pip3 install certifi and got: Requirement already satisfied: certifi in /home/e/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages — user9371654, Commented Apr 1, 2019 at 16:20

Daisetsu · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-01 16:30:55Z

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Upgrading certifi installed by pip3 can be done using the following

pip3 install certifi --upgrade

Requests just uses the installed certificate module.

answered Apr 1, 2019 at 16:30

Daisetsu

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This is what I get after executing the command: Requirement already up-to-date: certifi in /home/e/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages.
– user9371654
Commented Apr 1, 2019 at 17:15
Looks like you're up to date then
– Daisetsu
Commented Apr 1, 2019 at 17:16

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