diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-python-alpha/test/lambda-handler-project/shared/requirements.txt b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-python-alpha/test/lambda-handler-project/shared/requirements.txt
index 0a651194d4a93..b43831adb77f9 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-python-alpha/test/lambda-handler-project/shared/requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-python-alpha/test/lambda-handler-project/shared/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 certifi==2023.7.22
 chardet==3.0.4
 idna==2.10
-urllib3==1.26.7
+urllib3==1.26.17
 # Requests used by this lambda