diff --git a/tests/setup.py b/tests/setup.py
index dcb023a32b949..17476849d526f 100644
--- a/tests/setup.py
+++ b/tests/setup.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def run(self):
       license="apache2.0",
       packages=find_packages(),
       include_package_data=True,
-      install_requires=["ducktape==0.12.0", "requests==2.31.0", "psutil==5.7.2", "pytest==8.3.3", "mock==5.1.0"],
+      install_requires=["ducktape==0.12.0", "requests==2.32.4", "psutil==5.7.2", "pytest==8.3.3", "mock==5.1.0"],
       cmdclass={'test': PyTest},
       zip_safe=False
       )