diff --git a/scripts/genesis-test/requirements.txt b/scripts/genesis-test/requirements.txt
index 4a174683347..5805468bc43 100644
--- a/scripts/genesis-test/requirements.txt
+++ b/scripts/genesis-test/requirements.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ cryptography
 eth-hash[pycryptodome]
 oyaml
 docker
+requests>=2.32.4 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability