diff --git a/tools/devctr/pyproject.toml b/tools/devctr/pyproject.toml
index c6387155e82..0e7d0b7f79f 100644
--- a/tools/devctr/pyproject.toml
+++ b/tools/devctr/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ pytest-timeout = "^2.1.0"
 pytest-xdist = "^3.3.1"
 python = "3.10.*"
 PyYAML = "^6.0"
-requests = "^2.32.0"
+# Pin requests because of DEVCTR_IMAGE_TAG=latest ./tools/devtool test
+requests = "<2.32.0"
 requests-unixsocket = "^0.3.0"
 scipy = "^1.11.2"
 setproctitle = "^1.3.2"