diff --git a/python-gns3fy.changes b/python-gns3fy.changes
index f4137c5..e750da2 100644
--- a/python-gns3fy.changes
+++ b/python-gns3fy.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul 31 15:34:57 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- pin to urllib3 < 2 for the testsuite
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep 28 21:27:49 UTC 2022 - Yogalakshmi Arunachalam <yarunachalam@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-gns3fy.spec b/python-gns3fy.spec
index 1c8ca67..1dfcb6d 100644
--- a/python-gns3fy.spec
+++ b/python-gns3fy.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-gns3fy
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
 # Copyright (c) 2020, Martin Hauke <mardnh@gmx.de>
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module pydantic >= 1.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module requests >= 2.22}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module requests-mock}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module urllib3 < 2}
 # /SECTION
 %python_subpackages