diff --git a/.github/workflows/setup_runhouse/action.yaml b/.github/workflows/setup_runhouse/action.yaml
index 8c1c6b866e..5ed68a535e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/setup_runhouse/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/setup_runhouse/action.yaml
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run:
         pip install -r tests/requirements.txt
+        pip install --force-reinstall 'requests<2.32.0'