diff --git a/src/operator/requirements.txt b/src/operator/requirements.txt
index 5749c3bef47b797ae98bca0f1b352a0d5b2b9413..8af4b0f2b4fdaf43f4fdd55288be80a1ecfc28de 100644
--- a/src/operator/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/operator/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 kopf==1.37.0
 kubernetes==28.1.0
 PyMySQL==1.1.0
-requests==2.25.1
+requests>=2.31.0
+
+