diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7e1668c33..3afa98363 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ include = "packages"
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "<3.12,>=3.8"
 open-autonomy = "==0.14.14.post1"
-requests = "==2.28.1"
+requests = "<2.31.2,>=2.28.1"
 py-multibase = "==1.0.3"
 py-multicodec = "==0.2.1"
 py-eth-sig-utils = "*"
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 99330de0e..aba6913e7 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ deps =
 deps =
     {[deps-tests]deps}
     open-autonomy==0.14.14.post1
-    requests==2.28.1
+    requests<2.31.2,>=2.28.1
     py-multibase==1.0.3
     py-multicodec==0.2.1
     py-eth-sig-utils