diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 345b61e..91030eb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ description = "The security toolkit for the Python community"
 keywords = ["security", "appsec"]
 dependencies = [
     "requests",
+    "security==1.3.1",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/src/security/safe_requests/api.py b/src/security/safe_requests/api.py
index 826e1a2..c45ab44 100644
--- a/src/security/safe_requests/api.py
+++ b/src/security/safe_requests/api.py
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 from urllib.request import urlopen as unsafe_urlopen
-
-from requests import get as unsafe_get
 from requests import post as unsafe_post
 
 from security.exceptions import SecurityException
 
 from .host_validators import DefaultHostValidator
+from security import safe_requests
 
 DEFAULT_PROTOCOLS = frozenset(("http", "https"))
 
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ def get(
     **kwargs,
 ):
     UrlParser(url).check(allowed_protocols, host_validator)
-    return unsafe_get(url, params=params, **kwargs)
+    return safe_requests.get(url, params=params, **kwargs)
 
 
 def post(