diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index d78463b4..e8ada453 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install urllib3==1.26.18 wheel brotlipy coverage codecov
+          pip install urllib3<2.0 wheel brotlipy coverage codecov
 
       - name: Install warcio
         run: python setup.py install
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1949b5d6..1ce64ba6 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def run_tests(self):
     cmdclass={'test': PyTest},
     test_suite='',
     tests_require=[
-        'urllib3==1.26.18',
+        'urllib3<2.0',
         'pytest',
         'pytest-cov',
         'urllib3==',