diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 2a8642c..3236d62 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ uvicorn[standard]==0.44.0
 watchdog==6.0.0
 psutil==7.2.2
 sse-starlette==3.4.1
-pydantic==2.9.2
+pydantic==2.13.4
 # Native desktop window around the React UI (Edge WebView2 on Windows,
 # WebKit on macOS, WebKitGTK on Linux).
 pywebview==6.2.1