diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ce34cebb61826b94e3dbb09f6ad443f8a412dac3..d57fbcbe43586ed000581140d8c17a89de2f0e0c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ dependencies = [
     'python-magic==0.4.24',
     'pytz>=2022.7.1',
     'pyyaml>=6.0',
-    'requests>=2.27.1',
+    'requests>=2.27.1,<2.32.0',
     'rfc3161ng>=2.1.3',
     'scikit-learn>=1.0.2',
     'scipy>=1.7.1',
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index c2915e9e7a7c5f48fb8685553d41fcb5e1324cec..e9841e78c294d82ef783f41e389717e4441425f5 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ rdkit==2023.9.5           # via -r requirements.txt, nomad-lab (pyproject.toml)
 readme-renderer==43.0     # via twine
 recommonmark==0.7.1       # via -r requirements.txt, nomad-lab (pyproject.toml)
 regex==2024.5.15          # via mkdocs-material
-requests==2.32.2          # via docker, hyperspy, jupyterhub, jupyterlab-server, mkdocs-material, oauthenticator, optimade, pooch, pybis, pymatgen, python-gitlab, python-keycloak, requests-toolbelt, rfc3161ng, sphinx, twine, -r requirements.txt, nomad-lab (pyproject.toml)
+requests==2.31.0          # via docker, hyperspy, jupyterhub, jupyterlab-server, mkdocs-material, oauthenticator, optimade, pooch, pybis, pymatgen, python-gitlab, python-keycloak, requests-toolbelt, rfc3161ng, sphinx, twine, -r requirements.txt, nomad-lab (pyproject.toml)
 requests-toolbelt==1.0.0  # via python-gitlab, python-keycloak, twine, -r requirements.txt
 rfc3161ng==2.1.3          # via -r requirements.txt, nomad-lab (pyproject.toml)
 rfc3339-validator==0.1.4  # via jsonschema, -r requirements.txt