diff --git a/test/acceptance/requirements.txt b/test/acceptance/requirements.txt
index 9ac72ad..4f621c1 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/requirements.txt
+++ b/test/acceptance/requirements.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ lettuce==0.2.20
 requests==2.31.0
 xmltodict==0.9.2
 termcolor==1.1.0
-pymongo==2.7.2
+pymongo==4.6.3   # blindly changed from 2.7.2 due to vulnerability check in github
 fabric==1.10.1
 git+https://github.com/telefonicaid/lettuce-tools.git#egg=lettuce_tools