diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4ccea8008..a5b59add0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 alembic==1.13.1                      # database migrations
 fastapi==0.109.2
 Jinja2==3.1.3                       # template engine for html files
-bcrypt==4.0.1                       # password hashing
+bcrypt==4.1.2                       # password hashing
 pydantic-settings==2.2.1
 pydantic==2.5.0
 python-dotenv==1.0.0               # load environment variables from .env file