diff --git a/global-requirements.txt b/global-requirements.txt
index e5f3bbe80a..ad7387dd08 100644
--- a/global-requirements.txt
+++ b/global-requirements.txt
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ PyYAML  # MIT
 qpid-python;python_version=='2.7'  # Apache-2.0
 raven  # BSD
 reno  # Apache-2.0
-requests  # Apache-2.0
+requests!=2.20.0  # Apache-2.0
 requests-aws  # BSD License (3 clause)
 requests-kerberos  # ISC
 requestsexceptions  # Apache-2.0