diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a90e15c..d2bc6b8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ requests==2.20.1
 grpcio==1.15.0
 grpcio-tools==1.15.0
 grpcio-health-checking==1.15.0
+urllib3>=2.6.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability