diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7ed8c63..c9e7a03 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ requests>=2.20.0
 sqlalchemy
 termcolor
 dcplib >= 3.2.1, < 4
+cryptography>=41.0.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability