diff --git a/roles/ceph-iscsi-gw/tasks/non-container/prerequisites.yml b/roles/ceph-iscsi-gw/tasks/non-container/prerequisites.yml
index 7c604330f..f2bcd2e81 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-iscsi-gw/tasks/non-container/prerequisites.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-iscsi-gw/tasks/non-container/prerequisites.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@
         state: "{{ (upgrade_ceph_packages|bool) | ternary('latest','present') }}"
       register: result
       until: result is succeeded
-      with_items: "{{ ceph_iscsi_pkgs }}"
+      with_items:
+        - "{{ ceph_iscsi_pkgs }}"
+        - python-requests
 
 - name: check the status of the target.service override
   stat: