diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 46da94939..ed70ef650 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ dependencies=[
    'PyYAML >= 5.12',
    'requests',
    'rich',
-   'urllib3>=2.1.0',
+   'urllib3>=2.7.0',
     # both coverage and pytest required for running 'buildtest tutorial-examples'
    'coverage',
    'pytest',
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 84f9bf208..1aeb65d22 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ isort
 black==24.3.0
 pyflakes
 # https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/v2-migration-guide.html
-urllib3>=2.1.0
+urllib3>=2.7.0