diff --git a/data/datasets/biostars_qa/requirements.txt b/data/datasets/biostars_qa/requirements.txt
index 17af5dcfe0..8a7a7390e2 100644
--- a/data/datasets/biostars_qa/requirements.txt
+++ b/data/datasets/biostars_qa/requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ pandas
 pyarrow
 requests
 tdqm
+urllib3>=2.6.3 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability