diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 85717c1..83e9757 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # packages that might otherwise exist in an adopter's environment.
 mkdocs>=1.6
 Markdown>=3.2,<3.11
+pygments>=2.16
 
 # The following are more akin to direct dependencies. Each line represents one
 # or more features that are provided by `techdocs-core`, and thus are always
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ mkdocs-monorepo-plugin==1.1.2
 plantuml-markdown==3.11.1
 mdx_truly_sane_lists==1.3
 pymdown-extensions==10.21
-pygments==2.19.2
 mkdocs-redirects==1.2.2
 
 # The following are temporary dependencies that are only necessary to work