diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bd954e1..70b7445 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ langchain-community
 textblob
 sentence_transformers
 validators
+transformers>=5.0.0rc1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability