How to fix SSL error with urllib Python module

I encountered the error below while trying to make a request using urllib

SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:1108)> (caused by URLError(SSLCertVerificationError(1, '[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:1108)')))

To fix the issue, run the command below

pip install --upgrade certifi