diff --git a/template/{% if docs == 'mkdocs' %}docs{% endif %}/requirements.txt b/template/{% if docs == 'mkdocs' %}docs{% endif %}/requirements.txt
index b342c552..4a3f3f67 100644
--- a/template/{% if docs == 'mkdocs' %}docs{% endif %}/requirements.txt	
+++ b/template/{% if docs == 'mkdocs' %}docs{% endif %}/requirements.txt	
@@ -3,4 +3,3 @@ mkdocs-material
 mkdocstrings[python]
 mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin
 mkdocs-macros-plugin
-requests>=2.32.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability