diff --git a/versioned_docs/version-0.16/model-serving/predictive-inference/frameworks/custom-predictor/rest/requirements.txt b/versioned_docs/version-0.16/model-serving/predictive-inference/frameworks/custom-predictor/rest/requirements.txt
index 2f5635397..45a368f9f 100644
--- a/versioned_docs/version-0.16/model-serving/predictive-inference/frameworks/custom-predictor/rest/requirements.txt
+++ b/versioned_docs/version-0.16/model-serving/predictive-inference/frameworks/custom-predictor/rest/requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ kserve
 torchvision==0.18.0
 pillow >=10.3.0,<11.0.0
 zipp>=3.19.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
+starlette>=0.27.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability