diff --git a/build_debian.sh b/build_debian.sh
index 1f9bc8eba..e445878f6 100755
--- a/build_debian.sh
+++ b/build_debian.sh
@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ sudo https_proxy=$https_proxy LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT pip3 install 'setup
 sudo https_proxy=$https_proxy LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT pip3 install 'wheel==0.35.1'
 
 # docker Python API package is needed by Ansible docker module as well as some SONiC applications
+sudo https_proxy=$https_proxy LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT pip3 install 'requests<2.32.0'
 sudo https_proxy=$https_proxy LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT pip3 install 'docker==6.1.1'
 
 # Install scapy