diff --git a/waterTower/requirements.txt b/waterTower/requirements.txt
index d3388bd..a0ab49d 100644
--- a/waterTower/requirements.txt
+++ b/waterTower/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 Flask==1.1.1
 Flask-SocketIO==4.2.1
+werkzeug>=3.1.5 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability