diff --git a/lib/repo_funcs.sh b/lib/repo_funcs.sh
index 218810ca..bf32b6fb 100644
--- a/lib/repo_funcs.sh
+++ b/lib/repo_funcs.sh
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ update_requirements() {
 	barmanVersion=$(get_latest_barman_version)
 	# If there's a new version we need to recreate the requirements files
 	echo "barman[cloud,azure,snappy,google] == $barmanVersion" > requirements.in
+	echo "boto3 == 1.35.99" >> requirements.in
 
 	# This will take the requirements.in file and generate a file
 	# requirements.txt with the hashes for the required packages