diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 6e07a60..7baa463 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ gunicorn==26.0.0
 SQLAlchemy==2.0.51
 asyncpg==0.31.0
 alembic==1.18.5
-Mako==1.3.12
+Mako==1.4.2
 
 # Pydantic / settings / validation
 pydantic==2.13.4