diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bcdb6f88c37..46bd76127c7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ pytz==2019.3
 pyusb==1.0.2
 qrcode==6.1
 reportlab==3.5.59 # version < 3.5.54 are not compatible with Pillow 8.1.2 and 3.5.59 is bullseye
-requests==2.22.0
+requests==2.25.1 # versions < 2.25 aren't compatible w/ urllib3 1.26. Bullseye = 2.25.1. min version = 2.22.0 (Focal)
 urllib3==1.26.5 # indirect / min version = 1.25.8 (Focal with security backports)
 vobject==0.9.6.1
 Werkzeug==0.16.1