diff --git a/api/requirements.txt b/api/requirements.txt
index b0042a3..221f545 100644
--- a/api/requirements.txt
+++ b/api/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ django-ratelimit>=4.1,<5.0
 django-unfold>=0.92,<1.0
 Pillow>=11.0
 psycopg[binary]>=3.3,<3.4
-python-dotenv>=1.0
+python-dotenv>=1.2.2
 redis>=5.2,<7.0
 whitenoise>=6.12,<7.0
 gunicorn>=26.0,<27.0