diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index 082d0bb5f..26e4fbd77 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
   // Configuration file for RenovateBot: https://docs.renovatebot.com/configuration-options
   extends: ["config:recommended", ":semanticCommitTypeAll(build)"],
   ignoreDeps: [
-    "types-requests",  // Don't update until we can support urllib3 >= 2.0
-    "urllib3",  // Can't update, see setup.py
   ],
   labels: ["dependencies"],  // For convenient searching in GitHub
   baseBranches: ["$default", "/^hotfix\\/.*/"],
diff --git a/craft_parts/packages/snaps.py b/craft_parts/packages/snaps.py
index b8e01bfee..2e983851c 100644
--- a/craft_parts/packages/snaps.py
+++ b/craft_parts/packages/snaps.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import contextlib
 import logging
 import os
+import pathlib
 import subprocess
 import sys
 from collections.abc import Iterator, Sequence
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@ def is_valid(self) -> bool:
         store_channels = self._get_store_channels()
         return self.channel in store_channels
 
-    def download(self, *, directory: str | None = None) -> None:
+    def download(self, *, directory: str | pathlib.Path | None = None) -> None:
         """Download a given snap."""
         # We use the `snap download` command here on recommendation
         # of the snapd team.
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@ def refresh(self) -> None:
         self._is_installed = None
 
 
-def download_snaps(*, snaps_list: Sequence[str], directory: str) -> None:
+def download_snaps(*, snaps_list: Sequence[str], directory: str | pathlib.Path) -> None:
     """Download snaps of the format <snap-name>/<channel> into directory.
 
     The target directory is created if it does not exist.
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index a6711eac3..4168d4b39 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 Changelog
 *********
 
+X.Y.Z (2024-MM-DD)
+------------------
+
+- Replace the dependency on requests-unixsocket with requests-unixsocket2
+
 2.1.1 (2024-09-13)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/common/craft-parts/craft-parts.wordlist.txt b/docs/common/craft-parts/craft-parts.wordlist.txt
index 47491b1a2..776e41973 100644
--- a/docs/common/craft-parts/craft-parts.wordlist.txt
+++ b/docs/common/craft-parts/craft-parts.wordlist.txt
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ txt
 ubuntu
 umount
 unbuilt
+unixsocket
 unmark
 unmarshal
 unmount
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5b5348aaa..c40018621 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -51,11 +51,8 @@ def is_rtd() -> bool:
     "PyYAML",
     "pydantic>=2.0.0",
     "pyxdg",
-    "requests<2.32.0",
-    "requests-unixsocket",
-    # See: https://github.com/msabramo/requests-unixsocket/pull/69
-    # When updating to urllib3 v2, also remove the constraint on types-requests.
-    "urllib3<2",  # keep compatible API
+    "requests>=2.32,<3.0",
+    "requests-unixsocket2>=0.4.0",
 ]
 
 dev_requires = [
@@ -81,7 +78,7 @@ def is_rtd() -> bool:
     "types-Pygments",
     "types-pytz",
     "types-PyYAML",
-    "types-requests<2.30",  # When removing this constraint, remove from renovate's ignoreDeps
+    "types-requests",
     "types-setuptools",
 ]
 
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index b44e252c8..0c3f95b0d 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ def new_dir(monkeypatch, tmpdir):
     return tmpdir
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def new_path(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+    return tmp_path
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def tmp_homedir_path():
     """A non-hidden temporary directory in the user's home directory.
diff --git a/tests/integration/packages/test_snaps.py b/tests/integration/packages/test_snaps.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..265ba3edd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/packages/test_snaps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# -*- Mode:Python; indent-tabs-mode:nil; tab-width:4 -*-
+#
+# Copyright 2024 Canonical Ltd.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""Integration tests for interacting with snapd."""
+
+import pathlib
+from collections.abc import Sequence
+
+import pytest
+import pytest_check  # type: ignore[import]
+from craft_parts.packages import snaps
+
+
+def test_get_installed_snaps_success():
+    """Test that get_installed_snaps returns a list of snaps."""
+    actual = snaps.get_installed_snaps()
+
+    for snap in actual:
+        name, _, revision = snap.partition("=")
+        pytest_check.is_true(len(name) >= 1)
+        if revision.startswith("x"):
+            # Locally installed snaps should be of the form "x<int>"
+            with pytest_check.check():
+                int(revision[1:])
+        else:
+            # Store-instaled snaps should simply have an integer revision.
+            with pytest_check.check():
+                int(revision)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "snaps_list",
+    [
+        {"snapcraft", "ruff"},
+        {"snapcraft/7.x/stable"},
+    ],
+)
+def test_download_snaps_success(new_path: pathlib.Path, snaps_list: Sequence[str]):
+
+    snaps.download_snaps(snaps_list=snaps_list, directory=new_path)
+
+    for snap in snaps_list:
+        snap_name, _, snap_channel = snap.partition("/")
+        assert len(list(new_path.glob(f"{snap_name}*.snap"))) == 1
+        assert len(list(new_path.glob(f"{snap_name}*.assert"))) == 1