diff --git a/python-ecosys/requests/manifest.py b/python-ecosys/requests/manifest.py
index 7fc2d63bd..1c46a7384 100644
--- a/python-ecosys/requests/manifest.py
+++ b/python-ecosys/requests/manifest.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-metadata(version="0.8.0", pypi="requests")
+metadata(version="0.8.1", pypi="requests")
 
 package("requests")
diff --git a/python-ecosys/requests/requests/__init__.py b/python-ecosys/requests/requests/__init__.py
index 56b4a4f49..fd751e623 100644
--- a/python-ecosys/requests/requests/__init__.py
+++ b/python-ecosys/requests/requests/__init__.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def request(
     parse_headers=True,
 ):
     redirect = None  # redirection url, None means no redirection
-    chunked_data = data and getattr(data, "__iter__", None) and not getattr(data, "__len__", None)
+    chunked_data = data and getattr(data, "__next__", None) and not getattr(data, "__len__", None)
 
     if auth is not None:
         import ubinascii