diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7e1950a0..73a1ac93 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ requests
 scikit-image
 scipy
 tb-nightly
-torch>=1.7.1
+torch>=2.10.0
 torchvision
 tqdm
 yapf
 lpips
-gdown # supports downloading the large file from Google Drive
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+gdown # supports downloading the large file from Google Drive
+protobuf>=6.33.5 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
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