diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 91284d5d..edb47032 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ pytest
 # defined by the python-coveralls package for coverage==4.0.3
 pytest-cov>=2.4.0,<2.6
 python-coveralls
+requests>=2.32.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability