diff --git a/ai-service/requirements.txt b/ai-service/requirements.txt
index 550d04b..d6b973b 100644
--- a/ai-service/requirements.txt
+++ b/ai-service/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 fastapi>=0.115
 uvicorn[standard]>=0.32
 pydantic>=2.9
-pydantic-settings>=2.6
+pydantic-settings>=2.14.2
 qdrant-client>=1.12,<1.14   # keep within one minor of the pinned Qdrant server image
 httpx>=0.27
 google-genai>=1.0