diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 62b13b1..8dbc9c6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dev = [
 ]
 gui = [
     "PySide6>=6.7",
-    "requests>=2.32",
+    "requests>=2.34.2",
 ]
 voice = [
     "vosk>=0.3.45",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6602a9f..950692a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ passlib[bcrypt]>=1.7.4
 
 # --- Desktop GUI (gui/) ---
 PySide6>=6.7
-requests>=2.32
+requests>=2.34.2
 
 # --- Voice (voice/) - wake word + offline speech, see the Voice section of README.md ---
 # All optional: only needed if you're running emma_voice.py.