diff --git a/iot/api-client/http_example/requirements.txt b/iot/api-client/http_example/requirements.txt
index e1e6f31bf4c..7828f57f0d0 100644
--- a/iot/api-client/http_example/requirements.txt
+++ b/iot/api-client/http_example/requirements.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ google-auth==1.6.2
 google-cloud-pubsub==0.39.1
 pyjwt==1.7.1
 requests==2.21.0
+urllib3>=2.6.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability