diff --git a/benchmarks/markdown/.snyk b/benchmarks/markdown/.snyk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..966a99a34f9b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/markdown/.snyk
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Snyk (https://snyk.io) policy file, patches or ignores known vulnerabilities.
+version: v1.14.1
+ignore: {}
+# patches apply the minimum changes required to fix a vulnerability
+patch:
+  SNYK-JS-LODASH-567746:
+    - gatsby-transformer-remark > lodash:
+        patched: '2020-04-30T21:28:56.118Z'
diff --git a/benchmarks/markdown/package.json b/benchmarks/markdown/package.json
index 5d64c8ccbd708..8f9192948ff10 100644
--- a/benchmarks/markdown/package.json
+++ b/benchmarks/markdown/package.json
@@ -5,12 +5,16 @@
   "scripts": {
     "develop": "gatsby develop",
     "build": "gatsby build",
-    "serve": "gatsby serve"
+    "serve": "gatsby serve",
+    "snyk-protect": "snyk protect",
+    "prepublish": "npm run snyk-protect"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "gatsby": "next",
     "gatsby-transformer-remark": "^2.1.1-beta.2",
     "react": "^16.3.2",
-    "react-dom": "^16.3.2"
-  }
+    "react-dom": "^16.3.2",
+    "snyk": "^1.316.1"
+  },
+  "snyk": true
 }