diff --git a/examples/model-conversion/requirements.txt b/examples/model-conversion/requirements.txt
index 229b2ec75b7..24f96654a0b 100644
--- a/examples/model-conversion/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/model-conversion/requirements.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ transformers
 huggingface-hub
 accelerate
 sentence-transformers
+filelock>=3.20.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability