diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b6e47617..3e68e697 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -127,3 +127,6 @@ dmypy.json
 
 # Pyre type checker
 .pyre/
+
+# Poetry lock file
+poetry.lock
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/http/httpx/kiota_http/middleware/middleware.py b/packages/http/httpx/kiota_http/middleware/middleware.py
index d3e68020..85075158 100644
--- a/packages/http/httpx/kiota_http/middleware/middleware.py
+++ b/packages/http/httpx/kiota_http/middleware/middleware.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 from typing import Optional
 
 from opentelemetry import trace
-from urllib3 import PoolManager
 
 import httpx
 
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ def __init__(self, transport: httpx.AsyncBaseTransport):
         self._current_middleware = None
         self._first_middleware = None
         self._transport = transport
-        self.poolmanager = PoolManager(ssl_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2)
 
     def add_middleware(self, middleware):
         if self._middleware_present():
diff --git a/packages/http/httpx/pyproject.toml b/packages/http/httpx/pyproject.toml
index b209290b..8222b519 100644
--- a/packages/http/httpx/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/http/httpx/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ python = ">=3.9,<4.0"
 microsoft-kiota-abstractions = {path="../../abstractions/", develop=true}
 opentelemetry-api = ">=1.27.0"
 opentelemetry-sdk = ">=1.27.0"
-httpx = {extras = ["http2"], version = ">=0.28"}
-urllib3 = "^2.2.2"
+httpx = {extras = ["http2"], version = ">=0.25,<1.0.0"}
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 yapf = ">=0.40.2,<0.44.0"