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/ci/requirements.txt b/ci/requirements.txt
index 753258ff9..0aaa56dd3 100644
--- a/ci/requirements.txt
+++ b/ci/requirements.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ cryptography>=42.0.2 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerab
 black>=24.3.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 idna>=3.7 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 tqdm>=4.66.3 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
-requests>=2.32.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
+requests>=2.32.2 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability