diff --git a/ansible/roles/vm_set/tasks/docker.yml b/ansible/roles/vm_set/tasks/docker.yml
index e80a59d38f7..01fad6791a6 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/vm_set/tasks/docker.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/vm_set/tasks/docker.yml
@@ -94,4 +94,15 @@
     pip: name=docker version=6.1.0 state=forcereinstall executable={{ pip_executable }}
     become: yes
     environment: "{{ proxy_env | default({}) }}"
+    # Workaround for '"Error connecting: Error while fetching server API version: Not supported URL scheme http+docker'
+    # See https://github.com/docker/docker-py/issues/3256
+  - name: Remove old requests package >=2.32.0
+    pip: name=requests state=absent executable={{ pip_executable }}
+    become: yes
+    environment: "{{ proxy_env | default({}) }}"
+    ignore_errors: yes
+  - name: Install requests package <2.32.0
+    pip: name=requests version=2.31.0 state=present executable={{ pip_executable }}
+    become: yes
+    environment: "{{ proxy_env | default({}) }}"
   when: pip_executable=="pip3"