diff --git a/requirements/requirements_multimodal.txt b/requirements/requirements_multimodal.txt
index f760f30..47e8564 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements_multimodal.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements_multimodal.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Combines FER (camera) and TER (voice) functionality
 
 # Core ML and Deep Learning
-torch>=2.0.0
+torch>=2.9.0
 torchvision>=0.10.0
 transformers>=4.21.0
 scikit-learn>=1.0.0
@@ -50,3 +50,4 @@ collections  # Built-in with Python
 # macOS users:
 # brew install portaudio
 # pip install pyaudio
+urllib3>=2.6.3 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability