diff --git a/inference/safety/requirements.txt b/inference/safety/requirements.txt
index 8ba7d5feb6..2017030dcb 100644
--- a/inference/safety/requirements.txt
+++ b/inference/safety/requirements.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ fastapi
 loguru
 pydantic
 uvicorn
+transformers>=5.0.0rc1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability