diff --git a/extra/protobuf/protobuf-24.4/python/docs/requirements.txt b/extra/protobuf/protobuf-24.4/python/docs/requirements.txt
index 784c889b4c4c..6cf35a1b1559 100644
--- a/extra/protobuf/protobuf-24.4/python/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/extra/protobuf/protobuf-24.4/python/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ jinja2==3.0.0
 sphinx==3.0.4
 sphinx_rtd_theme==0.4.3
 sphinxcontrib-napoleon==0.7
+requests>=2.32.4 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability