diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index d25c97f4d3..2324a064df 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ jobs:
             python3 -m venv venv
             source venv/bin/activate
             pip install -U pip setuptools wheel
-            pip install -U -r requirements.txt
+            pip install -U --use-pep517 -r requirements.txt
       - run:
           name: Check python version compatibility  with buildpack
           command: |
diff --git a/similarity_api/src/requirements.txt b/similarity_api/src/requirements.txt
index ba6267daeb..ab0e4b3104 100644
--- a/similarity_api/src/requirements.txt
+++ b/similarity_api/src/requirements.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ preshed==3.0.8
 psycopg2==2.9.7
 pydantic==2.4.0
 pydantic-core==2.10.0
-requests==2.32.0
+requests==2.32.3
 scikit-learn==1.5.0
 scipy==1.11.1
 smart-open==6.3.0