diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index ce4ccc1..a64bed3 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pydantic==2.11.1",
     "pydantic-settings==2.8.1",
     "pystac-client==0.8.6",
-    "python-dotenv==1.0.1",
+    "python-dotenv==1.2.2",
     "requests==2.31.0",
     "reverse-geocoder==1.5.1",
     "sgp4==2.23",