diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index e36217a..1b7560d 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ youtube-transcript-api>=1.2.4
 google-genai>=2.9.0
 python-dotenv>=1.2.2
 httpx>=0.28.1
-bcrypt>=4.0.0
+bcrypt>=5.0.0
 PyJWT>=2.13.0
 google-auth>=2.0.0
 psycopg2-binary>=2.9.12