diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index ce1d104a..2c66f960 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ PyPDF2==3.0.1
 pypdfium2==4.30.1
 pytesseract==0.3.13
 python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
-python-dotenv==1.2.2
+python-dotenv==1.2.3
 pytz==2023.4
 PyYAML==6.0.3
 six==1.17.0