diff --git a/benchmarks/requirements.txt b/benchmarks/requirements.txt
index a75972b..5ec24d3 100644
--- a/benchmarks/requirements.txt
+++ b/benchmarks/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 datasets
 tabulate
 huggingface-hub
+filelock>=3.20.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability