diff --git a/.github/workflows/uc_loadsim.yml b/.github/workflows/uc_loadsim.yml
index 35028e34b..8ff9882ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/uc_loadsim.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/uc_loadsim.yml
@@ -371,6 +371,8 @@ jobs:
           chmod +x docker.sh;
           bash docker.sh;
           apt install -y python3-pip jq git;
+          pip3 install --upgrade requests;
+          pip3 install --upgrade urllib3;
           pip3 install docker-compose;
         EOF
         scp -i ssh_key.pem cert.pem ubuntu@${{ steps.ec2_instance.outputs.instance_public_ip }}:/tmp/websocket-cert.pem