diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 8dcedb5..dcc25b8 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 #    pip-compile --output-file=requirements-dev.txt requirements-dev.in
 #
-astroid==3.0.3
+astroid==3.1.0
     # via pylint
 authlib==1.3.0
     # via safety
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ click==8.1.7
     #   typer
 codecov==2.1.13
     # via -r requirements-dev.in
-coverage==7.4.1
+coverage==7.4.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements-dev.in
     #   codecov
-cryptography==42.0.2
+cryptography==42.0.5
     # via authlib
 dill==0.3.8
     # via pylint
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ markdown-it-py==3.0.0
     # via rich
 markupsafe==2.1.5
     # via jinja2
-marshmallow==3.20.2
+marshmallow==3.21.1
     # via safety
 mccabe==0.7.0
     # via
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ mccabe==0.7.0
     #   pylint
 mdurl==0.1.2
     # via markdown-it-py
-mypy==1.8.0
+mypy==1.9.0
     # via -r requirements-dev.in
 mypy-extensions==1.0.0
     # via mypy
 nose2==0.14.1
     # via -r requirements-dev.in
-packaging==23.0
+packaging==24.0
     # via
     #   dparse
     #   marshmallow
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ pyflakes==3.2.0
     # via flake8
 pygments==2.17.2
     # via rich
-pylint==3.0.3
+pylint==3.1.0
     # via -r requirements-dev.in
-python-dateutil==2.8.2
+python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
     # via freezegun
 pytz==2024.1
     # via -r requirements-dev.in
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ requests==2.31.0
     # via
     #   codecov
     #   safety
-rich==13.7.0
+rich==13.7.1
     # via safety
-ruamel-yaml==0.18.5
+ruamel-yaml==0.18.6
     # via
     #   safety
     #   safety-schemas
@@ -100,24 +100,24 @@ ruamel-yaml-clib==0.2.8
     # via ruamel-yaml
 safety==3.0.1
     # via -r requirements-dev.in
-safety-schemas==0.0.1
+safety-schemas==0.0.2
     # via safety
 six==1.16.0
     # via python-dateutil
-testfixtures==7.2.2
+testfixtures==8.1.0
     # via -r requirements-dev.in
-tomlkit==0.12.3
+tomlkit==0.12.4
     # via pylint
 typer==0.9.0
     # via safety
-typing-extensions==4.9.0
+typing-extensions==4.10.0
     # via
     #   mypy
     #   pydantic
     #   safety
     #   safety-schemas
     #   typer
-urllib3==2.2.0
+urllib3==2.2.1
     # via
     #   requests
     #   safety
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6aaf6b2..7c32978 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ oauthlib==3.2.2
     # via requests-oauthlib
 py-trello==0.19.0
     # via -r requirements.in
-python-dateutil==2.8.2
+python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
     # via py-trello
 pytz==2024.1
     # via py-trello
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ requests==2.31.0
     # via
     #   py-trello
     #   requests-oauthlib
-requests-oauthlib==1.3.1
+requests-oauthlib==1.4.0
     # via py-trello
 six==1.16.0
     # via python-dateutil
-urllib3==2.2.0
+urllib3==2.2.1
     # via requests
diff --git a/src/trello_manager.py b/src/trello_manager.py
index 012d9fc..39f922c 100644
--- a/src/trello_manager.py
+++ b/src/trello_manager.py
@@ -1,23 +1,79 @@
+import json
 import os
 import re
 from typing import Optional, Union
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 from pytz import UTC
-from trello import TrelloClient, Board, List, Card, Label
+from trello import Board, List, Card, Label
+import trello
 
 
 class TrelloExecption(Exception):
     pass
 
 
+def patched_fetch_json(self,
+                       uri_path,
+                       http_method='GET',
+                       headers=None,
+                       query_params=None,
+                       post_args=None,
+                       files=None):
+    """ Fetch some JSON from Trello """
+
+    # explicit values here to avoid mutable default values
+    if headers is None:
+        headers = {}
+    if query_params is None:
+        query_params = {}
+    if post_args is None:
+        post_args = {}
+
+    # if files specified, we don't want any data
+    data = None
+    if files is None and post_args != {}:
+        data = json.dumps(post_args)
+
+    # set content type and accept headers to handle JSON
+    if http_method in ("POST", "PUT", "DELETE") and not files:
+        headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json; charset=utf-8'
+
+    headers['Accept'] = 'application/json'
+
+    # construct the full URL without query parameters
+    if uri_path[0] == '/':
+        uri_path = uri_path[1:]
+    url = f'https://api.trello.com/1/{uri_path}'
+
+    if self.oauth is None:
+        query_params['key'] = self.api_key
+        query_params['token'] = self.api_secret
+
+    # perform the HTTP requests, if possible uses OAuth authentication
+    response = self.http_service.request(http_method, url, params=query_params,
+                                         headers=headers, data=data,
+                                         auth=self.oauth, files=files,
+                                         proxies=self.proxies)
+
+    if response.status_code == 401:
+        raise trello.Unauthorized(f"{response.text} at {url}", response)
+    if response.status_code != 200:
+        raise trello.ResourceUnavailable(f"{response.text} at {url}", response)
+
+    return response.json()
+
+
+trello.TrelloClient.fetch_json = patched_fetch_json
+
+
 class TrelloManager:  # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
     _board_name = None  # type: str
     _key = "TRELLO_API_KEY"
     _secret = "TRELLO_API_SECRET"
 
     def __init__(self):
-        self.client: TrelloClient = TrelloClient(
+        self.client: trello.TrelloClient = trello.TrelloClient(
             api_key=os.environ[self._key],
             api_secret=os.environ[self._secret]
         )