diff --git a/ci/requirements.txt b/ci/requirements.txt
index f873e9fea..56a845c6b 100644
--- a/ci/requirements.txt
+++ b/ci/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ c2cciutils[checks,publish]==1.4.21
 attrs>=22.2.0 # because c2cciutils 1.4.12 does not work with 19.3
 setuptools>=65.5.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 certifi>=2022.12.7 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
-cryptography>=43.0.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
+cryptography>=44.0.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 requests>=2.32.2 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 urllib3>=1.26.17 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 idna>=3.7 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability