diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 21c2482..85fc759 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 fastapi==0.135.3  # Updated: Fixed starlette DoS vulnerabilities (was 0.109.1); pulls in starlette>=1.0.0
 uvicorn[standard]==0.47.0
 pydantic==2.13.4
-pydantic-settings==2.13.1
+pydantic-settings==2.14.1
 
 # Database
 sqlalchemy==2.0.49  # Updated: Fixed Python 3.14 incompatibility with TypingOnly assertion (was 2.0.25)