diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 84543805..89bc80c4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ vfb_connect
 better_profanity
 SQLAlchemy>=1.0,<2.0
 dataclasses
+urllib3>=2.6.3 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability