diff --git a/tests/docker/Dockerfile b/tests/docker/Dockerfile
index ca146dcdfa7..09442323c66 100644
--- a/tests/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/tests/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ LABEL ducker.creator=$ducker_creator
 
 # Update Linux and install necessary utilities.
 RUN apt update && apt install -y sudo netcat iptables rsync unzip wget curl jq coreutils openssh-server net-tools vim python-pip python-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev cmake pkg-config libfuse-dev && apt-get -y clean
-RUN pip install -U pip==9.0.3 setuptools && pip install --upgrade cffi virtualenv pyasn1 boto3 pycrypto pywinrm ipaddress enum34 && pip install --upgrade ducktape==0.7.7
+RUN pip install -U pip==9.0.3 setuptools && pip install --upgrade cffi virtualenv pyasn1 boto3 pycrypto pywinrm ipaddress enum34 && pip install --upgrade ducktape==0.7.8
 
 # Set up ssh
 COPY ./ssh-config /root/.ssh/config
diff --git a/tests/setup.py b/tests/setup.py
index 5e23a662580..41bb720e625 100644
--- a/tests/setup.py
+++ b/tests/setup.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ setup(name="kafkatest",
       license="apache2.0",
       packages=find_packages(),
       include_package_data=True,
-      install_requires=["ducktape==0.7.7", "requests==2.20.0"],
+      install_requires=["ducktape==0.7.8", "requests==2.22.0"],
       tests_require=["pytest", "mock"],
       cmdclass={'test': PyTest},
       )