diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6232fea..d07003c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "apscheduler>=3.10.0,<4.0.0",
     # Utilities
     "httpx>=0.28.0,<1.0.0",
-    "python-dotenv>=1.0.0,<2.0.0",
+    "python-dotenv>=1.2.2,<2.0.0",
     "structlog>=24.4.0,<26.0.0",
     "langchain-google-genai>=4.2.0,<5.0.0",
     "slowapi>=0.1.9,<1.0.0",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index ab0b364..92f95e9 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ requires-dist = [
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     { name = "pydantic-settings", specifier = ">=2.6.0,<3.0.0" },
     { name = "pyjwt", specifier = ">=2.0.0,<3.0.0" },
-    { name = "python-dotenv", specifier = ">=1.0.0,<2.0.0" },
+    { name = "python-dotenv", specifier = ">=1.2.2,<2.0.0" },
     { name = "rich", specifier = ">=13.9.0,<15.0.0" },
     { name = "slowapi", specifier = ">=0.1.9,<1.0.0" },
     { name = "sqlalchemy", extras = ["asyncio"], specifier = ">=2.0.0,<3.0.0" },
@@ -2964,11 +2964,11 @@ wheels = [
 
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