diff --git a/requirements/tests b/requirements/tests
index 4ed596eec..19b34bcd3 100644
--- a/requirements/tests
+++ b/requirements/tests
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ python-rapidjson; platform_machine != 's390x' and platform_machine != 'aarch64'
 
 # wheels are missing some EoL interpreters and non-x86 platforms; build would fail unless rust is available
 orjson; platform_python_implementation != 'PyPy' and platform_machine != 's390x' and platform_machine != 'aarch64'
+
+# Images for 3.7 on emulated architectures seem to only have OpenSSL 1.0.2
+urllib3 < 2.0; python_version <= '3.7'