diff --git a/article_import_utils/services.py b/article_import_utils/services.py
index 04822115cdc883b829a839b985ccd8f3e3bd7571..b1f6e9c44bb4fc7f2178479f5e1e2f9015bf476e 100644
--- a/article_import_utils/services.py
+++ b/article_import_utils/services.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import json
 import logging
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-import urllib3
+import requests
 
 from article_import_utils.utils import create_image_from_url
 from main.models import MainArticlePage, MainArticlesPage, ARTICLE_TYPES
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ class ArticleDownloadService:
         return MainArticlePage.objects.filter(article_type=ARTICLE_TYPES.WORK_TIMELINE).values_list('slug', flat=True)
 
     def get_articles_response(self):
-        response = urllib3.PoolManager().request('GET', self.api_url)
-        data = json.loads(response.data)
+        response = requests.get(self.api_url)
+        data = json.loads(response.text)
 
         return data