diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3ea7530..23db0e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/)
 
+## [5.3.4] 2023-11-06
+
+### Fixed
+
+- avoid safety issue 62044 for pip less than 23.3
+
+
 ## [5.3.3] 2023-10-13
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/src/pyproject.toml.jinja b/src/pyproject.toml.jinja
index b56ea58..baf1ba6 100644
--- a/src/pyproject.toml.jinja
+++ b/src/pyproject.toml.jinja
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ flake8-formatter-junit-xml = "^0.0.6"
 pillow = "^9.5.0"
 genbadge = "^1.1.0"
 mypy = "^1.2.0"
+# Avoid safety issue 62044 for pip less than 23.3
+pip = ">=23.3"
 # https://github.com/rasjani/pylint-junit/issues/1
 pylint = "^2"
 pylint-junit = "^0.3.2"