diff --git a/droneaid-2026/inference/requirements.txt b/droneaid-2026/inference/requirements.txt
index c462eda..2f05fa8 100644
--- a/droneaid-2026/inference/requirements.txt
+++ b/droneaid-2026/inference/requirements.txt
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ pillow>=10.0.0
 
 # Utilities
 pydantic==2.10.0
-python-dotenv==1.0.0
+python-dotenv==1.2.2