diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fafc6a0..63627ad 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ Sphinx==1.6.3
 model-mommy==1.5.1
 requests==2.18.4
 pyqt5==5.10.1
+
+urllib3>=1.25.9 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
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