diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 07b76f2a..f360601b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ python-docx~=0.8
 QtAwesome
 QtPy
 requests
-urllib3~=1.26
+urllib3~=2.0
 docxtpl
 shelxfile
 crossrefapi