diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index d7cafe2..3888e03 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ uvicorn[standard]>=0.30.6
 python-multipart>=0.0.18
 youtube-transcript-api>=1.0.0
 google-genai>=1.0.0
-python-dotenv>=1.0.0
+python-dotenv>=1.2.2
 httpx>=0.27.0
 bcrypt>=4.0.0
 PyJWT>=2.0.0