diff --git a/sdks/python/container/base_image_requirements_manual.txt b/sdks/python/container/base_image_requirements_manual.txt
index 9fa3a807a392..c2b33ba0c319 100644
--- a/sdks/python/container/base_image_requirements_manual.txt
+++ b/sdks/python/container/base_image_requirements_manual.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ mmh3  # Optimizes execution of some Beam codepaths. TODO: Make it Beam's depende
 nltk  # Commonly used for natural language processing.
 nose==1.3.7  # For Dataflow internal testing. TODO: remove this.
 # https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/34226
-python-snappy==0.6.1  # Optimizes execution of some Beam codepaths.
+python-snappy==0.7.3  # Optimizes execution of some Beam codepaths.
 scipy
 scikit-learn
 build>=1.0,<2 # tool to build sdist from setup.py in stager.