diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements/base.in b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements/base.in
index 53300472..bc94cf01 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements/base.in
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements/base.in
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ django-environ==0.9.0
 django-model-utils==4.3.1
 django-redis==5.2.0
 Pillow==9.4.0
+# urllib3<1.27,>=1.25.4 (from botocore==1.29.133), see #60 
+urllib3<1.27
 
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_compressor == "y" %}
 django-compressor==4.1
@@ -23,4 +25,4 @@ redis~=4.4.0
 django-cors-headers==3.13.0
 djangorestframework~=3.14.0
 drf-spectacular==0.25.1
-{%- endif %}
\ No newline at end of file
+{%- endif %}