diff --git a/python-oslo.config.changes b/python-oslo.config.changes
index e1438b6..2e0dfb4 100644
--- a/python-oslo.config.changes
+++ b/python-oslo.config.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul 25 19:51:46 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- restrict to urllib3 1.x 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May  3 12:22:46 UTC 2023 - cloud-devel@suse.de
 
diff --git a/python-oslo.config.spec b/python-oslo.config.spec
index 215c303..a647375 100644
--- a/python-oslo.config.spec
+++ b/python-oslo.config.spec
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ Requires:       python3-importlib-metadata
 Requires:       python3-netaddr >= 0.7.18
 Requires:       python3-oslo.i18n >= 3.15.3
 Requires:       python3-requests >= 2.18.0
+Requires:       python3-urllib3 < 2
 Requires:       python3-rfc3986 >= 1.2.0
 Requires:       python3-stevedore >= 1.20.0
 %if 0%{?suse_version}