diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7e166f82e..9e9e6f3bc 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ chartpress
 jupyter-repo2docker==2024.3.0
 myst-parser
 chardet
-niquests=3.7.2
+niquests==3.7.2
 #requests==2.31.0
 urllib3<2.0.0
 yamllint==1.35.1