diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index 702b945..4574ed6 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ name = "pypi"
 flask = "==3.1.1"
 flask-restx = "==1.3.0"
 cloudant = "==2.15.0"
-urllib3 = "==1.26.19" # DO NOT upgrade this!
+urllib3 = "==2.5.0" # DO NOT upgrade this!
 retry2 = "==0.9.5"
 python-dotenv = "==1.0.1"
 gunicorn = "==23.0.0"
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index ca5f5c5..2f8631c 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "3352a82f94a1a1cd1a0faf7d74951966d586e38f034067e09b927ac04c5bd822"
+            "sha256": "469d798c1f0745e5f6e2a66fae5e07927ee2eb12d3a443d00aa01447f378f74f"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -478,12 +478,12 @@
         },
         "urllib3": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:37a0344459b199fce0e80b0d3569837ec6b6937435c5244e7fd73fa6006830f3",
-                "sha256:3e3d753a8618b86d7de333b4223005f68720bcd6a7d2bcb9fbd2229ec7c1e429"
+                "sha256:3fc47733c7e419d4bc3f6b3dc2b4f890bb743906a30d56ba4a5bfa4bbff92760",
+                "sha256:e6b01673c0fa6a13e374b50871808eb3bf7046c4b125b216f6bf1cc604cff0dc"
             ],
             "index": "pypi",
-            "markers": "python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5'",
-            "version": "==1.26.19"
+            "markers": "python_version >= '3.9'",
+            "version": "==2.5.0"
         },
         "werkzeug": {
             "hashes": [