diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 35dbc7f..b5cbd7a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 requests
-pika
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+pika
+urllib3>=2.2.2 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
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