diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index df74aa2955..50a82e8a72 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# don't update python distribution packages in here
 typing-extensions==4.4.0
 jq==1.1.3
 paho_mqtt==1.6.1
@@ -24,4 +25,3 @@ ocpp==1.0.0
 websockets==12.0
 pycarwings3==0.7.14
 asyncio==3.4.3
-urllib3==2.6.0
diff --git a/runs/atreboot.sh b/runs/atreboot.sh
index e9d355fff9..3485ec0c3d 100755
--- a/runs/atreboot.sh
+++ b/runs/atreboot.sh
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ chmod 666 "$LOGFILE"
 		echo "path '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d' is missing! unsupported system!"
 	fi
 	if ((hasInet == 1)); then
+		# remove urllib3 version to avoid conflicts
+		pip uninstall urllib3 -y
 		"${OPENWBBASEDIR}/runs/install_packages.sh"
 	else
 		echo "no internet connection, skipping package installation"
diff --git a/runs/install_packages.sh b/runs/install_packages.sh
index 913569bc50..40121d7b41 100755
--- a/runs/install_packages.sh
+++ b/runs/install_packages.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ sudo apt-get -q -y install \
 	git \
 	mosquitto mosquitto-clients \
 	python3-pip \
+	python3-urllib3 \
 	xserver-xorg x11-xserver-utils openbox-lxde-session lightdm lightdm-autologin-greeter accountsservice \
 	chromium chromium-l10n
 echo "done"