diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 48caf2f..c3a110b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ uvicorn[standard]>=0.30.0
 sqlalchemy>=2.0.30
 pydantic>=2.7.0
 pydantic-settings>=2.3.0
-python-dotenv>=1.0.1
+python-dotenv>=1.2.4
 passlib[bcrypt]>=1.7.4
 bcrypt>=4.0,<5.0
 python-jose[cryptography]>=3.3.0