diff --git a/.python-version b/.python-version
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc1923a40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.python-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.8
diff --git a/example-project/ci/requirements.txt b/example-project/ci/requirements.txt
index 0b80b3eed..d6d636538 100644
--- a/example-project/ci/requirements.txt
+++ b/example-project/ci/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
 c2cciutils==1.1.37
+cryptography>=42.0.6 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
+requests>=2.32.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
+setuptools>=65.5.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
+tqdm>=4.66.3 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability