diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
index 2586c923..739ebca9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build and Install CLI
         run: |
           cd cli
-          pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install poetry
           poetry build
           pip install dist/*.whl
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index d0852ad7..88267512 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           cd core
-          pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install wheel
           CASS_DRIVER_NO_CYTHON=1 pip install cassandra-driver
           pip install .
diff --git a/core/pyproject.toml b/core/pyproject.toml
index e99f8b4a..2676de48 100644
--- a/core/pyproject.toml
+++ b/core/pyproject.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ testcontainers = { version = "^3.7.0", optional = true }
 
 azure-eventhub = { version = "^5.11.2", optional= true }
 azure-eventhub-checkpointstoreblob-aio = { version = "^1.1.4", optional = true }
-aiohttp = { version = "^3.8.6", optional = true }
+aiohttp = { version = "3.8.4", optional = true }
 cassandra-driver = { version = "^3.25.0", optional = true }
 fastparquet = { version = "^2023.2.0", optional = true, platform = "python>=3.8" }
 oracledb = { version="^1.2.2", optional = true}