diff --git a/extra/requirements.txt b/extra/requirements.txt
index fb3cc0122a9b..c61cdcd7219e 100644
--- a/extra/requirements.txt
+++ b/extra/requirements.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ google
 protobuf
 six
 omegaconf
-compel
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+compel
+transformers>=5.0.0rc1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
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