diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8897314..1899769 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
 #
 gunicorn
 requests
-werkzeug
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+werkzeug
+setuptools>=65.5.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
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