diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 35d6d69a83338a0dc543b4b6438b56c1372b7237..fca246ed7004a25e7eedc594a4e7eceb68ee295a 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def setup_package():
         python_requires='>=3.8',
         package_dir={'': 'src'},
         install_requires=['lxml>=4.6.3',
-                          "requests[socks]>=2.28.1",
+                          "requests[socks]>=2.26",
                           "python-dateutil>=2.8.2",
                           'PyYAML>=5.4.1',
                           'future',