diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 631db91..3739208 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 fastapi==0.127.0
 uvicorn[standard]==0.40.0
 pydantic==2.12.5
-pydantic-settings==2.12.0
+pydantic-settings==2.14.2
 python-multipart==0.0.21
 
 # --- LangChain (1.x) ---