diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a3c7c6ad6..7b30b2881 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-Flask==2.0.2
+Werkzeug==2.3.7 # needed due to https://stackoverflow.com/a/77214086
+Flask==2.2.2    # same as above
 gunicorn