diff --git a/base_requirements.txt b/base_requirements.txt
index 7b8bb410e1..5d1a156aa1 100644
--- a/base_requirements.txt
+++ b/base_requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pylxd @ git+https://github.com/canonical/pylxd
 requests
 typing-extensions
 cryptography==46.0.3
-pydantic ==1.10.24
+pydantic ==2.12.5
 cosl ==1.4.0
 PyYAML ==6.0.*
 pyOpenSSL==25.3.0
diff --git a/github-runner-manager/requirements.txt b/github-runner-manager/requirements.txt
index a1e3340850..5848cdb897 100644
--- a/github-runner-manager/requirements.txt
+++ b/github-runner-manager/requirements.txt
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ jinja2
 kombu==5.6.1
 openstacksdk==4.8.0
 prometheus-client==0.23.1
-pydantic < 2
+pydantic <3
 pymongo==4.15.5