diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a67d0f8e..323ad602 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ version = "0.8.1"
 description = "Python client library for IBM Cloudant"
 dependencies = [
   "ibm_cloud_sdk_core==3.20.1",
-  "requests>=2.20,<3.0",
+  "requests>=2.32.0,<2.32.3",
   "python_dateutil>=2.5.3,<3.0.0",
   "PyJWT>=2.0.1,<3.0.0",
 ]