diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/tests-pypi.yml
index 67976aa88..d2f3a0565 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests-pypi.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
               dep = dep.split(';')[0]
               if 'siphon' not in dep:
                 out.write(dep.replace('>=', '==') + '\n')
-            # Needed until vcrpy >=6.0.2 comes out with support for urllib3>=2.3
+            # Needed until minium vcrpy is >=7.0.0 for urllib3>=2.3
             if fname == 'requirements.txt':
               out.write('urllib3==2.2.3\n')
         EOF
diff --git a/ci/requirements.txt b/ci/requirements.txt
index dd258146d..b83951b18 100644
--- a/ci/requirements.txt
+++ b/ci/requirements.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ numpy==2.2.1
 pandas==2.2.3
 protobuf==5.28.3
 requests==2.32.3
-urllib3==2.2.3
+urllib3==2.3.0
diff --git a/ci/test_requirements.txt b/ci/test_requirements.txt
index fc02087d8..b780f8e47 100644
--- a/ci/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/ci/test_requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 pytest==8.3.4
 netCDF4==1.7.2
 coverage==7.6.10
-vcrpy==6.0.2
+vcrpy==7.0.0