diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 643f70d47ff..42a908e400d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
       """,
     install_requires=[
         "requests",
+        "urllib3<2.0.0",  # see requests break https://github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/pull/9323
         "boto3",
         "pylint",
         # required for KFP
@@ -32,9 +33,9 @@
         "jsonschema>=4.19.2,<5",
         "kfp-pipeline-spec>=0.1.13,<0.2.0",
         "kfp-server-api>=1.1.2,<2.0.0",
-        "kubernetes>=8.0.0,<25",
+        "kubernetes>=8.0.0,<27",
         "protobuf>=3.13.0,<4",
-        "pyyaml>=6.0.1,<7",
+        "pyyaml>=5.3,<7",
         "requests-toolbelt>=0.8.0,<1",
         "uritemplate>=3.0.1,<4",
     ],