diff --git a/src/Echo_Components_on_K8s/api/requirements.txt b/src/Echo_Components_on_K8s/api/requirements.txt
index f7b643adb..35cbbc3dd 100644
--- a/src/Echo_Components_on_K8s/api/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/Echo_Components_on_K8s/api/requirements.txt
@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@ flask
 pyjwt==2.4.0
 requests
 python-decouple
-pandas
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+pandas
+werkzeug>=3.0.6 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
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