diff --git a/versioned_docs/version-0.16/model-serving/predictive-inference/frameworks/custom-predictor/ray/requirements.txt b/versioned_docs/version-0.16/model-serving/predictive-inference/frameworks/custom-predictor/ray/requirements.txt
index fe7e35677..59c3bec1a 100644
--- a/versioned_docs/version-0.16/model-serving/predictive-inference/frameworks/custom-predictor/ray/requirements.txt
+++ b/versioned_docs/version-0.16/model-serving/predictive-inference/frameworks/custom-predictor/ray/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 kserve[ray]
 torchvision==0.18.0
 pillow >=10.3.0,<11.0.0
+starlette>=0.27.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability