diff --git a/deploy-as-code/helm/charts/backbone-services/prometheus-operator/hack/requirements.txt b/deploy-as-code/helm/charts/backbone-services/prometheus-operator/hack/requirements.txt
index bc2fde78b5..d4e5912df5 100644
--- a/deploy-as-code/helm/charts/backbone-services/prometheus-operator/hack/requirements.txt
+++ b/deploy-as-code/helm/charts/backbone-services/prometheus-operator/hack/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 PyYAML==5.1.2
 requests==2.22.0
+urllib3>=2.5.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability