diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 5d4c2c4..7589c2e 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ scikit-learn==1.3.2
 python-multipart==0.0.6
 python-jose[cryptography]==3.3.0
 passlib[bcrypt]==1.7.4
-python-dotenv==1.0.0
+python-dotenv==1.1.1
 pydantic==2.5.0
 alembic==1.12.1
 pytest==7.4.3