diff --git a/general/file-downloader/requirements.txt b/general/file-downloader/requirements.txt
index 01bd2a08..703a7b03 100644
--- a/general/file-downloader/requirements.txt
+++ b/general/file-downloader/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 tqdm
-requests
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+requests
+urllib3>=2.5.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
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