diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d253c70..0806d85 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ requests
 google-cloud-vision
 djangorestframework
 python-twitter
-django-cors-headers
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+django-cors-headers
+protobuf>=4.25.8 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
+urllib3>=2.5.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
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