diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-python-alpha/test/lambda-handler/requirements.txt b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-python-alpha/test/lambda-handler/requirements.txt
index b1fe59f163280..e57512c4102d5 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-python-alpha/test/lambda-handler/requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-python-alpha/test/lambda-handler/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Lock versions of pip packages
-certifi==2023.7.22
+certifi==2024.7.4
 chardet==3.0.4
 idna==3.7
 urllib3==1.26.18