diff --git a/images/openwisp_base/requirements.txt b/images/openwisp_base/requirements.txt
index c6e6c233..e9328579 100644
--- a/images/openwisp_base/requirements.txt
+++ b/images/openwisp_base/requirements.txt
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ tldextract~=5.3.0
 # these add support for object storage
 # (eg: Amazon S3, GCS)
 django-storages~=1.14.6
-boto3~=1.40.4
+boto3~=1.40.43