diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 4c179848..4e5ae4c3 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ psycopg2==2.9.9
 pycparser==2.22
 pydantic==2.8.2
 pydantic_core==2.20.1
-PyJWT==2.8.0
+PyJWT==2.9.0
 pymongo==4.8.0
 PyMuPDF==1.24.9
 PyMuPDFb==1.24.9