diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f47cd19..3bcfec6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ scipy==0.19.1
 scikit-image==0.13.0
 dlib==19.4.0
 flask==1.0
-Flask-Cors==3.0.9
+Flask-Cors==6.0.0
 imutils==0.4.3
 pillow==8.1.1
 pytesseract==0.1.7
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ python-levenshtein==0.12.1
 colorlog==3.0.1
 Sphinx==3.0.4
 sphinx-rtd-theme==0.2.4
+requests>=2.32.4 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability