Security vulnerability in dependency: future 0.18.2

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Description

See: PythonCharmers/python-future#612

Can this component dependency be removed? From conversation in the thread, it looks like that project is no longer actively maintained and won't have any future releases.

Reproduction steps

The issue was flagged by our security scanning tool due to the dependency chain.
Here is the problematic dependency: https://github.com./nlohmann/json/blob/develop/docs/mkdocs/requirements.txt#L6

Expected vs. actual results

Need to resolve security vulnerability.

Minimal code example

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Error messages

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Compiler and operating system

n/a

Library version

v3.10.5

Validation

• The bug also occurs if the latest version from the develop branch is used.
• I can successfully compile and run the unit tests.