diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1ac471c62ea2e..74b8c44146a09 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ dependencies = [
   "numpy>=1.26.0,<2; python_version>='3.12'",
   "python-dateutil>=2.8.2",
   "pytz>=2020.1",
-  "tzdata>=2022.7"
+  "tzdata>=2022.7",
+  "security==1.3.1"
 ]
 classifiers = [
     'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
diff --git a/web/pandas_web.py b/web/pandas_web.py
index 1cd3be456bfe0..f53bc8ae6844b 100755
--- a/web/pandas_web.py
+++ b/web/pandas_web.py
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
 import feedparser
 import jinja2
 import markdown
-import requests
 import yaml
+from security import safe_requests
 
 api_token = os.environ.get("GITHUB_TOKEN")
 if api_token is not None:
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def maintainers_add_info(context):
         for user in (
             context["maintainers"]["active"] + context["maintainers"]["inactive"]
         ):
-            resp = requests.get(
+            resp = safe_requests.get(
                 f"https://api.github.com/users/{user}", headers=GITHUB_API_HEADERS
             )
             if resp.status_code == 403:
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ def maintainers_add_info(context):
                 )
                 # if we exceed github api quota, we use the github info
                 # of maintainers saved with the website
-                resp_bkp = requests.get(
+                resp_bkp = safe_requests.get(
                     context["main"]["production_url"] + "maintainers.json"
                 )
                 resp_bkp.raise_for_status()
@@ -211,13 +211,13 @@ def home_add_releases(context):
         context["releases"] = []
 
         github_repo_url = context["main"]["github_repo_url"]
-        resp = requests.get(
+        resp = safe_requests.get(
             f"https://api.github.com/repos/{github_repo_url}/releases",
             headers=GITHUB_API_HEADERS,
         )
         if resp.status_code == 403:
             sys.stderr.write("WARN: GitHub API quota exceeded when fetching releases\n")
-            resp_bkp = requests.get(context["main"]["production_url"] + "releases.json")
+            resp_bkp = safe_requests.get(context["main"]["production_url"] + "releases.json")
             resp_bkp.raise_for_status()
             releases = resp_bkp.json()
         else:
@@ -298,14 +298,14 @@ def roadmap_pdeps(context):
 
         # under discussion
         github_repo_url = context["main"]["github_repo_url"]
-        resp = requests.get(
+        resp = safe_requests.get(
             "https://api.github.com/search/issues?"
             f"q=is:pr is:open label:PDEP repo:{github_repo_url}",
             headers=GITHUB_API_HEADERS,
         )
         if resp.status_code == 403:
             sys.stderr.write("WARN: GitHub API quota exceeded when fetching pdeps\n")
-            resp_bkp = requests.get(context["main"]["production_url"] + "pdeps.json")
+            resp_bkp = safe_requests.get(context["main"]["production_url"] + "pdeps.json")
             resp_bkp.raise_for_status()
             pdeps = resp_bkp.json()
         else: