diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements.txt
index b6482db..3716d8f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-python-dotenv>=1.0.1,<2.0.0
+python-dotenv>=1.2.2,<2.0.0
 pydantic[email,timezone]>=2.0.3,<3.0.0
 scikit-learn>=1.4.2,<2.0.0