diff --git a/instana/version.py b/instana/version.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/instana/version.py
+++ b/instana/version.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 
 # Module version file.  Used by setup.py and snapshot reporting.
 
-VERSION = '1.33.2'
+VERSION = '1.33.3'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ setup(name='instana',
                         'certifi>=2018.4.16',
                         'fysom>=2.1.2',
                         'opentracing>=2.3.0',
-                        'requests>=2.8.0',
+                        'requests>=2.6.0',
                         'six>=1.12.0',
                         'urllib3<1.26,>=1.21.1'],
       entry_points={
lowering the requests version dependency for supporting air-gapped environment of customer ZD:<I> (#<I>)