diff --git a/global-requirements.txt b/global-requirements.txt
index 553feca050..9378875ea0 100644
--- a/global-requirements.txt
+++ b/global-requirements.txt
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ pyudev  # LGPLv2.1+
 PyYAML>=3.10.0  # MIT
 qpid-python;python_version=='2.7'  # Apache-2.0
 reno>=1.8.0  # Apache-2.0
-requests>=2.10.0  # Apache-2.0
+requests>=2.10.0,!=2.12.2  # Apache-2.0
 requests-aws>=0.1.4    # BSD License (3 clause)
 requests-kerberos>=0.6  # ISC
 requestsexceptions>=1.1.1  # Apache-2.0