diff --git a/contrib/requirements/requirements.txt b/contrib/requirements/requirements.txt
index 33c7f6fe0abf..7162a4d9d6ec 100644
--- a/contrib/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/contrib/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ protobuf==3.11.3
 dnspython==1.16.0
 jsonrpclib-pelix==0.4.1
 PySocks>=1.6.6
+urllib3>=1.26.19 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability