diff --git a/backend/requirements/base.in b/backend/requirements/base.in
index 298e0b001..9aa11703f 100644
--- a/backend/requirements/base.in
+++ b/backend/requirements/base.in
@@ -36,4 +36,5 @@ redis==4.1.4
 pysaml2==7.2.1
 validators==0.20.0
 requests-oauthlib==1.3.1
+Brotli==1.0.9
 
diff --git a/backend/requirements/base.txt b/backend/requirements/base.txt
index d2bf79705..dcadfe740 100644
--- a/backend/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements/base.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ botocore==1.23.54
     # via
     #   boto3
     #   s3transfer
+brotli==1.0.9
+    # via -r base.in
 celery[redis]==5.2.3
     # via
     #   -r base.in
diff --git a/changelog/entries/unreleased/bug/1555_fixed_brotli_decoding_issue_where_you_sometimes_cannot_impor.json b/changelog/entries/unreleased/bug/1555_fixed_brotli_decoding_issue_where_you_sometimes_cannot_impor.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..365b1feee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/entries/unreleased/bug/1555_fixed_brotli_decoding_issue_where_you_sometimes_cannot_impor.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "type": "bug",
+    "message": "Fixed Brotli decoding issue where you sometimes cannot import from Airtable.",
+    "issue_number": 1555,
+    "bullet_points": [],
+    "created_at": "2023-02-10"
+}
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