diff --git a/requirements/requirements.in b/requirements/requirements.in
index 493c35ec17..27b5659fa0 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements/requirements.in
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ maturin  # pydantic-core build dep
 msgpack
 msrestazure
 OPA-python-client==2.0.2 # upgrading requires urllib3 2.5.0+ which is blocked by other deps
-kubernetes>=35.0.0
+kubernetes>=36.0.0  # fixes NO_PROXY silently being reset to None
 openshift
 opentelemetry-api~=1.37     # new y streams can be drastically different, in a good way
 opentelemetry-sdk~=1.37
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index 063fa4b953..73817e6f02 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ aiohttp[speedups]==3.13.0
     # via
     #   -r /awx_devel/requirements/requirements.in
     #   aiohttp-retry
+    #   kubernetes
     #   opa-python-client
     #   twilio
 aiohttp-retry==2.9.1
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ jsonschema==4.25.1
     #   drf-spectacular
 jsonschema-specifications==2025.9.1
     # via jsonschema
-kubernetes==35.0.0
+kubernetes==36.0.0
     # via
     #   -r /awx_devel/requirements/requirements.in
     #   openshift