diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index d9286ce..48e7b65 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 sphinx==4.4.0
 sphinx-rtd-theme==1.0.0
+requests>=2.32.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability