diff --git a/ibm_cloud_sdk_core/utils.py b/ibm_cloud_sdk_core/utils.py
index 711720e..d696a94 100644
--- a/ibm_cloud_sdk_core/utils.py
+++ b/ibm_cloud_sdk_core/utils.py
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 import dateutil.parser as date_parser
 
 
+# pylint: disable=fixme
+# TODO: revert the change in the `requirement.txt` once this class become deprecated!
 class SSLHTTPAdapter(HTTPAdapter):
     """Wraps the original HTTP adapter and adds additional SSL context."""
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0fd6e2a..2dba176 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-requests>=2.31.0,<3.0.0
+requests>=2.31.0,<2.32.3
 urllib3>=2.1.0,<3.0.0
 python_dateutil>=2.8.2,<3.0.0
 PyJWT>=2.8.0,<3.0.0