diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 7635429..44ed686 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "sentry-sdk==1.38.0",
     "pytest==7.4.4",
     "httpx==0.25.2",
-    "python-dotenv==1.0.0",
+    "python-dotenv==1.2.2",
      "requests==2.31.0",
 ]
 
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index ee9938b..d98c4a7 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ ruff
 # asynctest deprecated
 
 # Utilities
-python-dotenv==1.0.0
+python-dotenv==1.2.2
 requests==2.31.0