diff --git a/online-inference/dalle-mini/model/requirements.txt b/online-inference/dalle-mini/model/requirements.txt
index fd45ad8e..72059d54 100644
--- a/online-inference/dalle-mini/model/requirements.txt
+++ b/online-inference/dalle-mini/model/requirements.txt
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ tqdm==4.64.0
 kserve==0.9.0
 msrest==0.7.1
 
+transformers>=4.48.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability