Matlab using urllib3

Security at work is demanding that I install a later version of urllib3 on my laptop. I have matlab 2025a installed. Did matlab install this library? How can I update it to the latest version? Thanks.

Peter Brown

[Torsten]

You should contact MATLAB Technical Support:

https://uk.mathworks.com/support/contact_us.html

Answer 1

[Ankita]

Hi Peter,

It appears that updating the urllib3 Python library is required due to a security requirement.

• MATLAB does not install Python libraries like “urllib3” by default. If you installed a Python distribution separately (e.g., Anaconda, or the official Python from python.org), that environment may include “urllib3” (commonly installed with packages like requests).
• Open terminal to check if “urllib3” is installed and its version:

 python -m pip show urllib3

• To update “urllib3” to the latest version:

python -m pip install --upgrade urllib3 

Hope this helps answering your question!