diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2765c8a..4716635 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ uvicorn[standard]==0.30.0
 asyncpg==0.30.0
 redis==5.0.0
 pydantic==2.13.4
-python-dotenv==1.0.0
+python-dotenv==1.2.2
 pycardano==0.11.0
 cbor2>=5.6.5
 PyNaCl==1.5.0