diff --git a/agentic-flow/examples/crispr-cas13-pipeline/docs/docker/diff-expr-service/requirements.txt b/agentic-flow/examples/crispr-cas13-pipeline/docs/docker/diff-expr-service/requirements.txt
index d400b37a2..b0851f8f9 100644
--- a/agentic-flow/examples/crispr-cas13-pipeline/docs/docker/diff-expr-service/requirements.txt
+++ b/agentic-flow/examples/crispr-cas13-pipeline/docs/docker/diff-expr-service/requirements.txt
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ prometheus-client==0.19.0
 # requests>=2.32.4 required to fix CVE-2024-47081 (netrc credential leak) and CVE-2024-35195 (verify=False bypass)
 requests>=2.32.4
 pyyaml==6.0.1
-python-dotenv==1.0.0
+python-dotenv==1.2.2