diff --git a/Backend/requirements.txt b/Backend/requirements.txt
index 39e5f36..91b1ca5 100644
--- a/Backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/Backend/requirements.txt
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ google-cloud-storage
 google-cloud-videointelligence
 google-cloud-pubsub
 flask
-pytube3
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+pytube3
+protobuf>=4.25.8 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
+urllib3>=2.5.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
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