diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2459ef00d2..0d575a3f30 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-cython>=3.0.0
 pygments>=2.7.4 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 requests>=2.0.0
 PyJWT>=2.0.0, <3.0.0
-aiohttp>=3.8.4
+aiohttp==3.8.4
 aiohttp-retry>=2.8.3