diff --git a/general/using-google-drive-api/requirements.txt b/general/using-google-drive-api/requirements.txt
index 7419c153..c9400dd7 100644
--- a/general/using-google-drive-api/requirements.txt
+++ b/general/using-google-drive-api/requirements.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ google-auth-httplib2
 google-auth-oauthlib
 tabulate
 requests
-tqdm
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+tqdm
+protobuf>=6.33.5 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
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