diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0530826f..e32f3285 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ python-snappy>=0.7.1
 charset-normalizer>=1.3.6
 psutil>=4.0.0
 scipy>=1.10.0
-requests==2.32.*
+requests>=2.32.4
 networkx>=2.5.1
 typing-extensions>=3.10.0.2
 HLL>=2.0.3
 datasketches>=4.1.0
 packaging>=23.0
-boto3>=1.28.61
+boto3>=1.37.15
+urllib3>=2.5.0
 versioneer
-# adding comment to trigger mend check