diff --git a/pylib/setup.py b/pylib/setup.py
index 2572e3101..cf2f00b9b 100644
--- a/pylib/setup.py
+++ b/pylib/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import setuptools
 
 install_requires = [
     "beautifulsoup4",
-    "requests",
+    "requests[socks]",
     "decorator",
     "protobuf",
     'orjson; platform_machine == "x86_64"',
diff --git a/qt/aqt/pinnedmodules.py b/qt/aqt/pinnedmodules.py
index 560656511..7fe0afb36 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/pinnedmodules.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/pinnedmodules.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import logging.handlers
 
 # required by requests library
 import queue
+import socks
 import typing
 import uuid