diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 377eb035..b3e63252 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "FastAPI==0.141.0",
     "Uvicorn[standard]==0.35.0",
     "Pydantic>=2.14.0,<3.0.0",
-    "pydantic-settings>=2.14.0,<3.0",
+    "pydantic-settings>=2.14.2,<3.0",
     "SQLAlchemy==2.1.10",
     "Alembic==1.18.4",
     "asyncpg==0.30.0",
diff --git a/backend/requirements-UPGRADED.txt b/backend/requirements-UPGRADED.txt
index 52161274..e50a76dc 100644
--- a/backend/requirements-UPGRADED.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements-UPGRADED.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 FastAPI==0.141.0
 Uvicorn==0.35.0
 Pydantic>=2.14.0,<3.0.0
-pydantic-settings>=2.14.0,<3.0
+pydantic-settings>=2.14.2,<3.0
 SQLAlchemy==2.1.10
 Alembic==1.18.4
 asyncpg==0.30.0
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index d3d18bb5..a0d11be3 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ pycodestyle==2.14.0
 pycparser==2.22
 pycryptodome==3.23.0
 pydantic>=2.10.0,<2.12
-pydantic-settings>=2.13.1,<3.0
+pydantic-settings>=2.14.2,<3.0
 pydeck==0.9.1
 pydub==0.25.1
 pyflakes==3.4.0