diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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index fda2a6e..eb7b3db
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ pandas
 tqdm
 gdown
 h5py
+requests>=2.32.4 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability