diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index f852e10f92686..9c75589785883 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ PyYAML==6.0
 black==23.10.0
 mkdocs==1.5.0
 mkdocs-material==9.1.18
+pymdown-extensions>=10.16.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability