diff --git a/src/nbi/requirements.in b/src/nbi/requirements.in
index e21aee4f699991f02ab535ac7d6216ac50dc3977..9ebb937a3e1e130ebe0dadf6c1aaba883486889c 100644
--- a/src/nbi/requirements.in
+++ b/src/nbi/requirements.in
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ pyang==2.6.0
 git+https://github.com/robshakir/pyangbind.git
 pydantic==2.6.3
 python-socketio==5.12.1
-requests==2.27.1
+requests==2.27.*
 werkzeug==2.3.7
 #websockets==12.0
+websocket-client==1.8.0     # used by socketio to upgrate to websocket