diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c1bba937d33..04f23261c90 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ importlib-metadata>=6.0.1,<=6.0.1  # Pinned to fix opentelemetry dependency solv
 jinja2>=3.1,<=3.1.6
 json_stream>=2.3.2,<2.4
 jq>=1.6.0,<1.7.0
+pycares<4.9  # pycares==4.9 + aiodns==3.2.0 + python<3.12 = trouble
 PyOpenSSL<25.0
 opentelemetry-distro[otlp]>=0.38b0,<=0.44b0
 opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http>=1.17.0,<=1.23.0