diff --git a/requirements-docker.txt b/requirements-docker.txt
index 00c90b2..7a1c529 100644
--- a/requirements-docker.txt
+++ b/requirements-docker.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # The full local BGE path remains in requirements.txt / requirements-dev.txt for uv demos.
 fastapi>=0.104.0
 uvicorn[standard]>=0.33.0
-pydantic>=2.0.0
+pydantic>=2.13.4
 pydantic-settings>=2.0.0
 python-dotenv>=1.0.0
 loguru>=0.7.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2819c35..d63902a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Core framework
 fastapi>=0.104.0
 uvicorn[standard]>=0.33.0
-pydantic>=2.0.0
+pydantic>=2.13.4
 pydantic-settings>=2.0.0
 python-dotenv>=1.0.0
 loguru>=0.7.0