diff --git a/generate_data_application/backend/config/requirements.txt b/generate_data_application/backend/config/requirements.txt
index 64c7b50..53c3399 100644
--- a/generate_data_application/backend/config/requirements.txt
+++ b/generate_data_application/backend/config/requirements.txt
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http==1.15.0
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging==0.36b0
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemy==0.36b0
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi==0.36b0
+requests>=2.32.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability