diff --git a/.python-version b/.python-version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8cfe39591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.python-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.10
diff --git a/ci/requirements.txt b/ci/requirements.txt
index 22a0943110..a5ca85d5fa 100644
--- a/ci/requirements.txt
+++ b/ci/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-c2cciutils==1.1.47
+c2cciutils==1.1.51
 pip>=21.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 urllib3>=1.26.5 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 setuptools>=65.5.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ certifi>=2022.12.7 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerabil
 cryptography>=39.0.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 requests>=2.31.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 pygments>=2.15.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
+protobuf>=4.25.8 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability