diff --git a/flask-server/requirements.txt b/flask-server/requirements.txt
index 1b5af95..d2b3224 100644
--- a/flask-server/requirements.txt
+++ b/flask-server/requirements.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pluggy==1.5.0
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.10
 pymongo==4.10.1
 pytest==8.3.3
-python-dotenv==1.0.1
+python-dotenv==1.2.2
 requests==2.32.3
 reportlab==4.4.1
 scikit-image>=0.24.0