diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b585339..3bbd5d5 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ classifiers =
 [options]
 install_requires = 
     lxml >= 4.9
+    requests == 2.*
 packages = upgrade.scripts
 zip_safe = False
 include_package_data = True
diff --git a/upgrade/scripts/validations.py b/upgrade/scripts/validations.py
index 906823a..3320e57 100644
--- a/upgrade/scripts/validations.py
+++ b/upgrade/scripts/validations.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 
 def is_cloudsmith_url_valid(cloudsmith_url: str) -> None:
-    import pip._vendor.requests as requests
+    import requests
 
     response = requests.head(cloudsmith_url)
     if response.status_code != 200: