diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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--- a/requirements.txt
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@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ pandas
 tqdm
 gdown
 h5py
+filelock>=3.20.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability