diff --git a/plugins/python-build/scripts/requirements.txt b/plugins/python-build/scripts/requirements.txt
index a8fdb314a1..348c9566cb 100644
--- a/plugins/python-build/scripts/requirements.txt
+++ b/plugins/python-build/scripts/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 requests-html
+requests>=2.32.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/miniforge3-24.3.0-0 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/miniforge3-24.3.0-0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd83c74228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/miniforge3-24.3.0-0
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+case "$(anaconda_architecture 2>/dev/null || true)" in
+"Linux-x86_64" )
+  install_script "Miniforge3-24.3.0-0-Linux-x86_64.sh" "https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/releases/download/24.3.0-0/Miniforge3-24.3.0-0-Linux-x86_64.sh#23367676b610de826f50f7ddc91139a816d4b59bd4c69cc9b6082d9b2e7fe8a3" "miniconda" verify_py310
+  ;;
+* )
+  { echo
+    colorize 1 "ERROR"
+    echo ": The binary distribution of Miniforge is not available for $(anaconda_architecture 2>/dev/null || true)."
+    echo
+  } >&2
+  exit 1
+  ;;
+esac