diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 47dcf0b..fb0a480 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 #docker minor version updates can include breaking changes. Auto update micro version only.
+# TODO: lucashuy
+# revisit the docker pin when docker fixes the below request issue
 docker~=4.2.0
 pylint~=2.6.0
 urllib3<2
+# TODO: lucashuy
+# pin requests until https://github.com/docker/docker-py/issues/3256 is fixed
+requests<2.32
 
 # Test requirements
 pytest==7.3.1