diff --git a/submit-cron/requirements.txt b/submit-cron/requirements.txt
index 1ea11d2d4..ef5d776e1 100644
--- a/submit-cron/requirements.txt
+++ b/submit-cron/requirements.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pycparser==2.23
 pyflakes==3.4.0
 pyhumps==3.8.0
 PyJWT==2.10.1
-python-dotenv==1.2.1
+python-dotenv==1.2.2
 referencing==0.37.0
 requests==2.32.5
 rpds-py==0.30.0