diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 60bfeccb95..0742d6eabd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ pyyaml==5.3.1
 # note: requests is also used in many checks
 # upgrade with caution
 requests==2.20.1
-urllib3==1.24.3
+urllib3==2.6.3
 # note: simplejson is used in many checks to inteface APIs
 simplejson==3.6.5
 supervisor==3.3.3