diff --git a/Dockerfile.ci b/Dockerfile.ci
index 25ff6f5a1def4..96468ceb36cc6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.ci
+++ b/Dockerfile.ci
@@ -1393,10 +1393,11 @@ ENV AIRFLOW_REPO=${AIRFLOW_REPO}\
 RUN echo "Airflow version: ${AIRFLOW_VERSION}"
 
 # Those are additional constraints that are needed for some extras but we do not want to
-# force them on the main Airflow package. Currently we need no extra limits as PIP 23.1+ has much better
-# dependency resolution and we do not need to limit the versions of the dependencies
-# aiobotocore is limited temporarily until it stops backtracking pip
-ARG EAGER_UPGRADE_ADDITIONAL_REQUIREMENTS="aiobotocore<2.6.0"
+# force them on the main Airflow package.
+# Recent aiobotocore (2.6.0+) requires this specific botocore version, while
+# boto3 1.28.17 is the last version supporting that, so we pin them to help pip
+# avoid extra work. Revisit this when a new aiobotocore version is released.
+ARG EAGER_UPGRADE_ADDITIONAL_REQUIREMENTS="botocore==1.31.17 boto3<=1.28.17"
 ARG UPGRADE_TO_NEWER_DEPENDENCIES="false"
 ARG VERSION_SUFFIX_FOR_PYPI=""