diff --git a/docker-example/requirements.txt b/docker-example/requirements.txt
index fc29504eb2a..83efbeb7f90 100644
--- a/docker-example/requirements.txt
+++ b/docker-example/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 reflex
+starlette>=0.40.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability