diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 249fb7e..0bbb63b 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "alembic>=1.14.0",
     "pydantic>=2.0.0",
     "pydantic-settings>=2.0.0",
-    "python-jose[cryptography]>=3.3.0",
+    "python-jose[cryptography]>=3.5.0",
     "bcrypt>=4.0.0,<5.0.0",
     "cryptography>=44.0.0",
     "litellm>=1.55.0",