diff --git a/requirements/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements/requirements_dev.txt
index a2964d27..a4ed1bcf 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ pre-commit
 -r requirements_gui.txt
 -r requirements_setup.txt
 -r requirements_tests.txt
--r ../requirements.txt
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+-r ../requirements.txt
+requests>=2.32.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
\ No newline at end of file