diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 6ac41bc1..28a59060 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ nltk==3.9.1
 openai-whisper>=20240930
 ffmpeg-python>=0.2.0
 requests==2.32.4
-python-dotenv==1.1.0
+python-dotenv==1.2.2
 dateparser==1.2.1
 pytest==8.3.5
 pytest-cov==6.1.1