diff --git a/napalm/pyIOSXR/iosxr.py b/napalm/pyIOSXR/iosxr.py
index 35cb668c0..6dcc93df5 100644
--- a/napalm/pyIOSXR/iosxr.py
+++ b/napalm/pyIOSXR/iosxr.py
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ def open(self):
                 port=self.port,
                 username=self.username,
                 password=self.password,
+                global_cmd_verify=False,
                 **self.netmiko_kwargs
             )
             self.device.timeout = self.timeout
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b1a4ec8ee..59c63cfd9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jinja2
 netaddr
 pyYAML
 pyeapi>=0.8.2
-netmiko>=3.0.0
+netmiko>=3.1.0
 junos-eznc>=2.2.1
 ciscoconfparse
 scp