diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 256e657..63db0e5 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ Pillow==10.2.0
 google-cloud-vision==3.4.2
 spacy==3.7.4
 uvicorn[standard]==0.27.1
+urllib3>=2.2.2 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability