diff --git a/resources/examples/airflow/requirements.txt b/resources/examples/airflow/requirements.txt
index a151506529f4..d0326a5889c1 100644
--- a/resources/examples/airflow/requirements.txt
+++ b/resources/examples/airflow/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 apache-airflow-providers-http
-apache-airflow-providers-airbyte
\ No newline at end of file
+apache-airflow-providers-airbyte
+apache-airflow>=2.8.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
\ No newline at end of file