diff --git a/tests/unit/requirements.txt b/tests/unit/requirements.txt
index c2342115a5..33d652bdc1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/unit/requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ linode-python  # APIv3
 linode_api4 ; python_version > '2.6'  # APIv4
 
 # requirement for the gitlab and github modules
-python-gitlab
+python-gitlab < 3.13.0
 PyGithub
 httmock