diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c57977bdf7..63da795fe2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ tqdm==4.65.0
 tweepy==4.14.0
 typing-inspect==0.8.0
 ujson==5.7.0
-urllib3==1.26.16
+urllib3==2.5.0
 uvicorn==0.22.0
 vine==5.0.0
 w3lib==2.1.1
@@ -154,3 +154,4 @@ html2text==2020.1.16
 duckduckgo-search==3.8.3 
 google-generativeai==0.1.0
 unstructured==0.8.1
+protobuf>=4.25.8 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability